Thursday, January 24, 2013

þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg!



John Farrell gives a beautiful recitation, in Old English, of the melancholy Anglo-Saxon poem Deor. The recurring sigh at the end of each stanza is this line:
þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg! 
That passed over, this so may.
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2 comments:

  1. Banshee1/24/2013 10:57 PM

    We have no songs
    from Heorrenda,
    But Deor's name's
    still sweet to say -
    And still it gives us heart
    to murmur,
    "That sorrow passed;
    so this one may."

    Deor, master
    of survival
    And of stubborn
    singing, pray
    For us in the
    Heaven-kingdom:
    Your sorrow passed;
    so this one may.


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  2. mrsdarwin1/25/2013 9:35 AM

    Banshee, that's lovely.

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