MESA seafarer_06 The Seafarer: A Revised Hypertext Edition The Seafarer University of Saskatchewan Digital Research Centre Anonymous Owen, Corey Bath, Jon Dase, Kyle Manuscript Literature Manuscript Studies Poetry TRUE FALSE TRUE English No later than 975, 09uu,0975 Uncertain
Mæg ic be me sylfum   soðgied wrecan
siþas secgan   hu ic geswincdagum
earfoðhwile   oft þrowade
bitre breostceare   gebiden hæbbe
gecunnad in ceole   cearselda fela
atol yþa gewealc   þær mec oft bigeat
nearo nihtwaco   æt nacan stefnan
þonne he be clifum cnossað   Calde geþrungen
wæron mine fet   forste gebunden
caldum clommum   þær þa ceare seofedun
hat ymb heortan   hungor innan slat
merewerges mod   þæt se mon ne wat
þe him on foldan   fægrost limpeð
hu ic earmcearig   iscealdne
winter wunade   wræccan lastum
winemægum bidroren  
bihongen hrimgicelum   hægl scurum fleag
þær ic ne gehyrde   butan hlimman
iscaldne wæg.   Hwilum ylfete song
dyde ic me to gomene   ganetes hleoþor
ond huilpan sweg   fore hleahtor wera
mæw singende   fore medodrince
Stormas þær stanclifu beotan   þær him stearn oncwæð
isigfeþera;   ful oft þæt earn bigeal,
urigfeþra   nænig hleomæga
feasceaftig ferð   frefran meahte
Forþon him gelyfeð lyt   se þe ah lifes wyn
gebiden in burgum   bealosiþa hwon
wlonc ond wingal   hu ic werig oft
in brimlade   bidan sceolde.
Nap nihtscua   norþan sniwde.
hrim hrusan bond,   hægl feol on eorþan,
corna caldast.   Forþon cnyssað nu
heortan geþohtas,   þæt ic hean streamas
sealtyþa gelac   sylf cunnige;
monað modes lust   mæla gehwylce
ferð to feran   þæt ic feor heonan
elþeodigra   eard gesece.
Forþon nis þæs modwlonc   mon ofer eorþan,
ne his gifena þæs god   ne in geoguþe to þæs hwæt,
ne in his dædum to þæs deor,   ne him his dryhten to þæs hold,
þæt he a his sæfore   sorge næbbe,
to hwon hine dryhten   gedon wille.
Ne biþ him to hearpan hyge   ne to hringþege,
ne to wife wyn   ne to worulde hyht,
ne ymbe owiht elles,   nefne ymb yða gewealc,
ac a hafað longunge   se þe on lagu fundað.
Bearwas blostmum nimað,   byrig fægriað,
wongas wlitigað   woruld onetteð;
ealle þa gemoniað   modes fusne
sefan to siþe   þam þe swa þenceð
on flodwegas   feor gewitan
Swylce geac monað   geomran reorde,
singeð sumeres weard,   sorge beodeð
bitter in breosthord.   þæt se beorn, ne wat,
efteadig secg,   hwæt þa sume dreogað
þe þa wræclastas   widost lecgað.
Forþon nu min hyge hweorfeð   ofer hreþerlocan,
min modsefa   mid mereflode
ofer hwæles eþel   hweorfeð wide,
eorþan sceatas   cymeð eft to me
gifre ond grædig,   gielleð anfloga,
hweteð on hwælweg   hreþer unwearnum
ofer holma gelagu.   Forþon me hatran sind
dryhtnes dreamas   þonne þis deade lif,
læne on londe.   Ic gelyfe no
þæt him eorðwelan   ece stondað
Simle þreora sum   þinga gehwylce
ær his tiddege   to tweon weorþeð;
adl oþþe yldo   oþþe ecghete
fægum fromweardum   feorh oðþringeð.
Forþon bið eorla gehwam   æftercweþendra
lof lifgendra   lastworda betst,
þæt he gewyrce,   ær he on weg scyle,
fremum on foldan   wið feonda niþ,
deorum dædum   deofle togeanes,
þæt hine ælda bearn   æfter hergen,
ond his lof siþþan   lifge mid englum
awa to ealdre,   ecan lifes blæd,
dream mid dugeþum.   Dagas sind gewitene,
ealle onmedlan   eorþan rices;
nearon nu cyningas   ne caseras
ne goldgiefan   swylce iu wæron,
þonne hi mæst mid him   mærþa gefremedon
ond on dryhtlicestum   dome lifdon.
Gedroren is þeos duguð eal,   dreamas sind gewitene,
wuniað þa wacran   ond þas woruld healdaþ,
brucað þurh bisgo.   Blæd is gehnæged,
eorþan indryhto   ealdað ond searað,
swa nu monna gehwylc   geond middangeard.
Yldo him on fareð,   onsyn blacað,
gomelfeax gnornað,   wat his iuwine,
æþelinga bearn,   eorþan forgiefene.
Ne mæg him þonne se flæschoma,   þonne him þæt feorg losað,
ne swete forswelgan   ne sar gefelan,
ne hond onhreran   ne mid hyge, þencan.
þeah þe græf wille   golde stregan
þeah þe his geborenum,   byrgan be deadum,
maþmum mislicum   þæt hine mid wille
ne mæg þære sawle   þe biþ synna ful
gold to geoce   for godes egsan,
þonne he hit ær hydeð   þenden he her leofað.
Micel biþ se meotudes egsa,   forþon hi seo molde oncyrreð;
se gestaþelade   stiþe grundas,
eorþan sceatas   ond uprodor.
Dol biþ se þe him his dryhten ne ondrædeþ;   cymeð him se deað unþinged.
Eadig bið se þe eaþmod leofaþ;   cymeð him seo ar of heofonum,
meotod him þæt mod gestaþelað,   forþon he in his meahte gelyfeð.
Stieran mon sceal strongum mode,   ond þæt on staþelum healdan,
ond gewis werum   wisum clæne,
scyle monna gehwylc   mid gemete healdan
wiþ leofne ond wið laþne   bealo
þeah þe he hine wille fyres   fulne
oþþe on bæle   forbærnedne
his geworhtne wine.   Wyrd biþ swiþre
meotud meahtigra   þonne ænges monnes gehygd.
Uton we hycgan   hwær we ham agen,
ond þonne geþencan   hu we þider cumen,
ond we þonne eac tilien   þæt we to moten
in þa ecan   eadignesse,
þær is lif gelong   in lufan dryhtnes,
hyht in heofonum.   þæs sy þam halgan þonc,
þæt he usic geweorþade,   wuldres ealdor,
ece dryhten,   in ealle tid.
Amen.