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Sorhleod Lyrics

Hwilum ylfete song
Dyde ic me to gomene
Nu thu miht gehyran
Tha sorhleod

Daeges ond nihtes
Calde gethrungen
Waeron mine fet
Forste gebunden

Hrimcealde sae
Hreo haeglfare
Haelethum on andan
Ic to sothe wat thaet bith
Haelethum on andan
Ic to sothe wat thaet bith

Eall thaet therinne is
Ceare sarra sorga
Ic eom bitter in breosthord
Mid sorgum gedrefted

Marian leofa modes milde eallgylden
Is me nu lifes hyht thaet ic haelan mag

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English translation (original is in Old English):

Sometimes the song of a swan
I had as my entertainment
Now you might hear
This song of sorrow

For days and nights
Piercing cold weather
My feet were
Frost bound

Ice-cold sea
Fierce hailstorms
To the terror of men
I know too truly what that is

All that there is inside
Sorrow, grievious sorrows
I am bitter in my heart
Drenched in sorrow

Mary, beloved, gracious soul, most beautiful
It is now my lifes hope that I might heal
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