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.