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Poetic Edda

Her hair was loosened,  her cheek was hot,And the tears like raindrops  downward ran.
15.[1] Then Guthrun, daughter  of Gjuki, wept,And through her tresses  flowed the tears;And from the court  came the cry of geese,The birds so fair  of the hero's bride.
16.[2] Then Gollrond spake,  the daughter of Gjuki;"Never a greater  love I knewThan yours among  all men on earth;Nowhere wast happy,  at home or abroad,Sister mine,  with Sigurth away."
  Guthrun spake:17.[3] "So was my Sigurth  o'er Gjuki's sonsAs the spear-leek grown  above the grass,Or the jewel bright  borne on the band,The precious stone  that princes wear.
18.[4] "To the leader of men  I loftier seemedAnd higher than all  of Herjan's maids;
  1. ↑ The word here translated "tresses" is sheer guesswork. The detail of the geese is taken from Sigurtharkvitha en skamma, 29, line 3 here being identical with line 4 of that stanza.
  2. ↑ Line 1, abbreviated in the manuscript, very likely should be simply "Gollrond spake."
  3. ↑ Cf. Guthrunarkvitha II, 2. The manuscript does not name the speaker, and some editions have a first line, "Then Guthrun spake,  the daughter of Gjuki."
  4. ↑ Herjan: Othin; his maids are the Valkyries; cf. Voluspo, 31, where the same phrase is used.

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