Note 19 — THE STANDARD CANTATAS. (continued 2)
Reading edition
In the original Saga the “Farewell” has six verses, the first, second, and sixth of which are thus literally translated:—
“Heimskringla’s forehead, Thou lofty North! Away I’m hurried From this thine earth. My race from thee goes, I boasting tell; Now, nurse of heroes, Farewell! Farewell!
“Farewell, high-gleaming Walhalla’s throne, Night’s eye, bright-beaming, Midsummer’s sun! Sky! where, as in hero’s Soul, pure depths dwell, And thronging star-rows, Farewell! Farewell!
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“My love insulted, My palace brent, My honor tarnished, In exile sent, From land in sadness To the sea we appeal, But life’s young gladness, Farewell! Farewell!”