Принцесса Кентербери и другие английские легенды / Princess of Canterbury (сборник)

Страны дальние

хороши для того,

кто и сам неплох.

“We are retainers

From Hygelac’s band. Beowulf is my name.

If your lord and master, the most renowned

Son of Halfdane, will hear me out

And graciously allow me to greet him in person,

I am ready and willing to report my errand.”

So they went on their way. The ship rode the water,

Broad-beamed, bound by its hawser

And anchored fast. Boar-shapes flashed

Above their cheek-guards, the brightly forged

Work of goldsmiths, watching over

Those stern-faced men. They marched in step,

Hurrying on till the timbered hall

Rose before them, radiant with gold.

Nobody on earth knew of another

Building like it. Majesty lodged there,

And its light shone over many lands.

Судьба от смерти того спасает,

кто сам бесстрашен!

They said that of all the kings upon the earth

He was the man most gracious and fair-minded,

Kindest to his people and keenest to win fame.