The Wanderer 39-62

Question 1

Wāt se þe cunnað
30hū slīþen bið sorg tō gefēran
þām þe him lȳt hafað lēofra geholena.

Answer 1

He who has experience knows
how cruel sorrow is as a companion
for he who has few beloved protector

Question 2

Warað hine wræclāst, nales wunden gold, ferðloca frēorig, nalæs foldan blǣd.

Answer 2

for himself, the path of exile holds him,
not at all twisted gold, frozen heart, not at all
the bounty of the earth.

Question 3

Gemon hē selesecgas ond sincþege,
35hū hine on geoguðe his goldwine wenede tō wiste.

Answer 3

He remembers retainers and the receiving of
treasures how in his youth his generous
friend entertained him with feasting.

Question 4

Wyn eal gedrēas.
For þon wāt se þe sceal his winedryhtnes lēofes lārcwidum longe forþolian.

Answer 4

.Joy has entirely collapsed
therefore, he who must do without the counsel of his beloved lord for a long time

Question 5

Ðonne sorg ond slǣp somod ætgædre
40earmne ānhogan oft gebindað,

Answer 5

Then sorrow and sleep both together
always bind the wretched solitary one

Question 6

þinceð him on mōde þæt hē his mondryhten
clyppe ond cysse ond on cnēo lecge
honda ond hēafod,

Answer 6

it seems to him in his heart that he embraces
and kisses his lord he lay his hand and head
on his knee

Question 7

swā hē hwīlum ǣr
in geārdagum giefstōlas brēac.

Answer 7

just as he sometimes enjoyed
the use of the throne of days past.

Question 8

Ðonne onwæcneð eft winelēas guma,
gesihð him biforan fealwe wēgas,

Answer 8

Then the friendless man awakes again
He sees before him the dark waves,

Question 9

baþian brimfuglas, brǣdan feþra,
hrēosan hrīm ond snāw, hagle gemenged.

Answer 9

And he sees the sea birds bathe, stretch their feathers,
He sees frost and snow fall, mixed with hail.

Question 10

Þonne bēoð þȳ hefigran heortan benne,
50 sāre æfter swǣsne

Answer 10

Then the wounds of the heart are heavier,
Painful with longing for the beloved.

Question 11

Sorg bið genīwad
þonne māga gemynd mōd geondhweorfeð;
grēteð glīwstafum, georne geondscēawað
secga geseldan

Answer 11

Sorrow is renewed
When the mind visits every part of the memory of kinsman;
It greets joyfully, and eagerly examines
The companions of me

Question 12

Swimmað eft on weg.

Answer 12

They swim away again.

Question 13

Flēotendra ferð nō þǣr fela bringeð
55 cūðra cwidegiedda.

Answer 13

The spirit of the floating ones [HA1] does not bring there many
55 Familiar spoken utterances

Question 14

Cearo bið genīwad
þām þe sendan sceal swīþe geneahhe
ofer waþema gebind wērigne sefan.

Answer 14

Care is renewed
For the one who must send his exhausted spirit
Over the binding of the waves very often.

Question 15

For þon ic geþencan ne mæg geond þās woruld
for hwan mōdsefa mīn ne gesweorce,

Answer 15

­­­­­­Therefore I cannot think throughout this world
Why my heart does not grow dark,

Question 16

þonne ic eorla līf eal geondþence,
hū hī fǣrlīce flet ofgēafon,
mōdge maguþegnas.

Answer 16

When I completely reflect on the life of the noblemen
How they, the brave retainer, abandoned quickly
The hall[HA2] , they died.