Bede's Death Song - Bede's Death Song Old English - Bede's verses in modern English - St Bede's lyrics
ST BEDE'S DEATH SONG (Old English)
Fore there neidfaerae naenig uuiurthit thoncsnotturra
than him thaarf sie to ymbhycggannae aer his hiniongae huaet his
gastae godaes aeththa yflaes
aefter deothdaege doemid uueorthae
ST BEDE'S DEATH SONG (Modern Translation)
Before the unavoidable journey there, no one
becomes wiser in thought than him who, by need,
ponders, before his going hence, what good and
evil within his soul,
after his day of death, will be judged.
Fore there neidfaerae naenig uuiurthit thoncsnotturra
than him thaarf sie to ymbhycggannae aer his hiniongae huaet his
gastae godaes aeththa yflaes
aefter deothdaege doemid uueorthae
ST BEDE'S DEATH SONG (Modern Translation)
Before the unavoidable journey there, no one
becomes wiser in thought than him who, by need,
ponders, before his going hence, what good and
evil within his soul,
after his day of death, will be judged.
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