Ave Atque Vale, Timothy Murphy





The Wanderer

There is no end
to the wanderer's sorrow.
The wisdom of Erda
queried by Wotan,
the counsel of Ragna
sung in a saga.
I'll follow tomorrow,
tomorrow if ever,
for I am no friend
of Volsung or Vala.

Timothy Murphy

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Here's Tim reciting the Dirge from the Wulf, which he and Alan Sullivan had translated a few years back:

Beowulf


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