Hafbur And Signy. Translated From The Danish Poem Rhyme Scheme

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King Hafbur King Siward	A
They needs must stir up strife	B
All about the sweetling Signy	C
Who was so fair a wife	B
O wilt thou win me then	C
or as fair a maid as I be	D
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It was the King's son Hafbur	E
Woke up amid the night	A
And 'gan to tell of a wondrous dream	F
In swift words nowise light	A
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Me dreamed I was in Heaven	C
Amid that fair abode	A
And my true love lay upon mine arm	G
And we fell from cloud to cloud	A
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As there they sat the dames and maids	H
Of his words they took no keep	I
Only his mother well beloved	A
Heeded his dreamful sleep	I
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Go get thee gone to the mountain	C
And make no long delay	J
To the elve's eldest daughter	E
For thy dream's areding pray	J
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So the King's son even Hafbur	J
Took his sword in his left hand	A
And he's away to the mountain	C
To get speech of that Lily wand	A
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He beat thereon with hand all bare	J
With fingers small and fine	C
And there she lay the elve's daughter	J
And well wotted of that sign	C
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Bide hail Elve's sweetest daughter	J
As on skins thou liest fair	J
I pray thee by the God of Heaven	C
My dream arede thou clear	J
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Me dreamed I was in heaven	C
Yea amid that fair abode	A
And my true love lay upon mine arm	G
And we fell from cloud to cloud	A
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Whereas thou dreamed'st thou wert in heaven	C
So shalt thou win that may	J
Dreamed'st thou of falling through the clouds	K
So falls for her thy life away	J
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And if it lieth in my luck	L
To win to me that may	J
In no sorrow's stead it standeth me	D
For her to cast my life away	J
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Lord Hafbur lets his hair wax long	M
And will have the gear of mays	N
And he rideth to King Siward's house	O
And will well learn weaving ways	N
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Lord Hafbur all his clothes let shape	P
In such wise as maidens do	A
And thus he rideth over the land	A
King Siward's daughter to woo	A
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Now out amid the castle garth	Q
He cast his cloak aside	A
And goeth forth to the high bower	J
Where the dames and damsels abide	A
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Hail sit ye there dames and damsels	N
Maids and queens kind and fair	J
And chiefest of all to the Dane King's daughter	J
If she abideth here	J
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Hail sittest thou sweet King's daughter	J
A spinning the silken twine	C
It is King Hafbur sends me hither	J
To learn the sewing fine	C
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Hath Hafbur sent thee here to me	D
Then art thou a welcome guest	A
And all the sewing that I can	C
Shall I learn thee at my best	A
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And all the sewing that I can	C
I shall learn thee lovingly	D
Out of one bowl shalt thou eat with me	D
And by my nurse shalt thou lie	R
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King's children have I eaten with	S
And lain down by their side	A
Must I lie abed now with a very nurse	N
Then woe is me this tide	A
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Nay let it pass fair maiden	C
Of me gettest thou no harm	G
Out of one bowl shalt thou eat with me	D
And sleep soft upon mine arm	G
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There sat they all the damsels	N
And sewed full craftily	R
But ever the King's son Hafbur	J
With nail in mouth sat he	D
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They sewed the hart they sewed the hind	A
As they run through the wild wood green	C
Never gat Hafbur so big a bowl	R
But the bottom soon was seen	C
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In there came the evil nurse	N
In the worst tide that might be	D
Never saw I fair maiden	C
Who could sew less craftily	R
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Never saw I fair maiden	C
Seam worse the linen fine	C
Never saw I noble maiden	C
Who better drank the wine	C
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This withal spake the evil nurse	N
The nighest that she durst	A
Never saw I yet fair maiden	C
Of drink so sore athirst	A
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So little a seam as ever she sews	N
Goes the needle into her mouth	T
As big a bowl as ever she gets	N
Out is it drunk forsooth	T
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Ne'er saw I yet in maiden's head	A
Two eyes so bright and bold	A
And those two hands of her withal	R
Are hard as the iron cold	A
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Hearken sweet nurse whereso thou art	A
Why wilt thou mock me still	R
Never cast I one word at thee	T
Went thy sewing well or ill	R
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Still wilt thou mock still wilt thou spy	R
Nought such thou hast of me	T
Whether mine eyes look out or look in	C
Nought do they deal with thee	T
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O it was Hafbur the King's son	C
Began to sew at last	A
He sewed the hart and he sewed the hind	A
As they flee from the hound so fast	A
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He sewed the lily and he sewed the rose	N
And the little fowls of the air	J
Then fell the damsels a marvelling	M
For nought had they missed him there	J
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Day long they sewed till the evening	M
And till the long night was deep	I
Then up stood dames and maidens	N
And were fain in their beds to sleep	I
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So fell on them the evening tide	A
O'er the meads the dew drave down	C
And fain was Signy that sweet thing	M
With her folk to bed to be gone	C
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Therewith asked the King's son Hafbur	J
And whatten a bed for me	T
O thou shalt sleep in the bower aloft	A
And blue shall thy bolster be	T
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She went before sweet Signy	C
O'er the high bower's bridge aright	A
And after her went Hafbur	J
Laughing from heart grown light	A
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Then kindled folk the waxlights	N
That were so closely twined	A
And after them the ill nurse went	A
With an ill thought in her mind	A
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The lights were quenched the nurse went forth	T
They deemed they were alone	C
Lord Hafbur drew off his kirtle red	A
Then first his sword outshone	C
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Lord Hafbur mid his longing sore	J
Down on the bed he sat	A
I tell you of my soothfastness	N
His byrny clashed thereat	A
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Then spake the darling Signy	C
Out of her heart she said	A
Never saw I so rough a shirt	A
Upon so fair a maid	A
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She laid her hand on Hafbur's breast	A
With the red gold all a blaze	N
Why wax thy breasts in no such wise	N
As they wax in other mays	N
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The wont it is in my father's land	A
For maids to ride to the Thing	M
Therefore my breasts are little of growth	T
Beneath the byrny ring	M
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And there they lay through the night so long	M
The King's son and the may	J
In talk full sweet but little of sleep	I
So much on their minds there lay	J
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Hearken sweet maiden Signy	C
As here alone we lie	R
Who is thy dearest in the world	A
And lieth thine heart most nigh	R
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O there is none in all the world	A
Who lieth so near to my heart	A
As doth the bold King Hafbur	J
Ne'er in him shall I have a part	A
	-
As doth the bold King Hafbur	J
That mine eyes shall never know	C
Nought but the sound of his gold wrought horn	C
As he rides to the Thing and fro	C
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O is it Hafbur the King's son	C
That thy loved heart holdeth dear	J
Turn hither O my well beloved	A
To thy side I lie so near	J
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If thou art the King's son Hafbur	J
Why wilt thou shame me love	U
Why ridest thou not to my father's garth	T
With hound and with hawk upon glove	U
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Once was I in thy father's garth	T
With hound and hawk and all	R
And with many mocks he said me nay	C
In such wise did our meeting fall	R
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All the while they talked together	J
They deemed alone they were	J
But the false nurse ever stood close without	A
And nought thereof she failed to hear	J
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O shame befall that evil nurse	N
Ill tidings down she drew	J
She stole away his goodly sword	A
But and his byrny new	J
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She took to her his goodly sword	A
His byrny blue she had away	C
And she went her ways to the high bower	J
Whereas King Siward lay	C
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Wake up wake up King Siward	A
Over long thou sleepest there	J
The while the King's son Hafbur	J
Lies abed by Signy the fair	J
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No Hafbur is here and no King's son	C
That thou shouldst speak this word	A
He is far away in the east countries	N
Warring with knight and lord	A
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Hold thou thy peace thou evil nurse	N
And lay on her no lie	R
Or else tomorn ere the sun is up	V
In the bale fire shall ye die	R
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O hearken to this my lord and king	M
And trow me nought but true	J
Look here upon his bright white sword	A
But and his byrny blue	J
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Then mad of mind waxed Siward	A
Over all the house 'gan he cry	R
Rise up O mighty men of mine	C
For a hardy knight is anigh	U
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Take ye sword and shield in hand	A
And look that they be true	J
For Hafbur the King hath guested with us	N
Stiffnecked he is great deeds to do	J
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So there anigh the high bower door	J
They stood with spear and glaive	U
Rise up rise up Young Hafbur	J
Out here we would thee have	U
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That heard the goodly Signy	C
And she wrang her hands full sore	J
Hearken and heed O Hafbur	J
Who stand without by the door	J
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Thank and praise to the King's son Hafbur	J
Manly he played and stout	A
None might lay hand upon him	W
While the bed post yet held out	A
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But they took him the King's son Hafbur	J
And set him in bolts new wrought	A
Then lightly he rent them asunder	J
As though they were leaden and nought	A
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Out and spake the ancient nurse	N
And she gave a rede of ill	R
Bind ye him but in Signy's hair	J
So shall hand and foot lie still	R
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Take ye but one of Signy's hairs	N
Hafbur's hands to bind	A
Ne'er shall he rend them asunder	J
His heart to her is so kind	A
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Then took they two of Signy's hairs	N
Bonds for his hands to be	T
Nor might he rive them asunder	J
So dear to his heart was she	T
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Then spake the sweetling Signy	C
As the tears fast down her cheek did fall	R
O rend it asunder Hafbur	J
That gift to thee I give withal	R
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	-
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Now sat the King's son Hafbur	J
Amidst the castle hall	R
And thronged to behold him man and maid	A
But the damsels chiefest of all	R
	-
They took him the King's son Hafbur	J
Laid bolts upon him in that place	N
And ever went Signy to and fro	J
The weary tears fell down apace	N
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She speaketh to him in sorrowful mood	A
This will I Hafbur for thee	T
Piteous prayer for thee shall make	M
My mother's sisters three	T
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For my father's mind stands fast in this	N
To do thee to hang upon the bough	X
On the topmost oak in the morning tide	A
While the sun is yet but low	J
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But answered thereto young Hafbur	T
Out of a wrathful mind	A
Of all heeds I heeded this was the last	A
To be prayed for by womankind	A
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But hearken true love Signy	C
Good heart to my asking turn	C
When thou seest me swing on oaken bough	X
Then let thy high bower burn	C
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Then answered the noble Signy	C
So sore as she must moan	C
God to aid King's son Hafbur	T
Well will I grant thy boon	C
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They followed him King Hafbur	T
Thick thronging from the castle bent	A
And all who saw him needs must greet	A
And in full piteous wise they went	A
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But when they came to the fair green mead	A
Where Hafbur was to die	A
He prayed them hold a little while	R
For his true love would he try	A
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O hang me up my cloak of red	A
That sight or my ending let me see	T
Perchance yet may King Siward rue	T
My hanging on the gallows tree	T
	-
Now of the cloak was Signy ware	T
And sorely sorrow her heart did rive	U
She thought The ill tale all is told	A
No longer is there need to live	U
	-
Straightway her damsels did she call	R
As weary as she was of mind	A
Come let us go to the bower aloft	A
Game and glee for a while to find	A
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Yea and withal spake Signy	C
She spake a word of price	N
To day shall I do myself to death	T
And meet Hafbur in Paradise	N
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And whoso there be in this our house	N
Lord Hafbur's death that wrought	A
Good reward I give them now	C
To red embers to be brought	A
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So many there are in the King's garth	T
Of Hafbur's death shall be glad	A
Good reward for them to lose	N
The trothplight mays they had	A
	-
She set alight to the bower aloft	A
And it burned up speedily	T
And her good love and her great heart	A
Might all with eyen see	T
	-
	-
	-
It was the King's son Hafbur	T
O'er his shoulder cast his eye	A
And beheld how Signy's house of maids	N
On a red low stood on high	A
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Now take ye down my cloak of red	A
Let it lie on the earth a cold	A
Had I ten lives of the world for one	C
Nought of them all would I hold	A
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King Siward looked out of his window fair	T
In fearful mood enow	C
For he saw Hafbur hanging on oak	M
And Signy's bower on a low	J
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Out then spake a little page	Y
Was clad in kirtle red	A
Sweet Signy burns in her bower aloft	A
With all her mays unwed	A
	-
Therewithal spake King Siward	A
From rueful heart unfain	C
Ne'er saw I two King's children erst	A
Such piteous ending gain	C
	-
But had I wist or heard it told	A
That love so strong should be	T
Ne'er had I held those twain apart	A
For all Denmark given me	T
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O hasten and run to Signy's bower	T
For the life of that sweet thing	M
Hasten and run to the gallows high	A
No thief is Hafbur the King	M
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But when they came to Signy's bower	T
Low it lay in embers red	A
And when they came to the gallows tree	T
Hafbur was stark and dead	A
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They took him the King's son Hafbur	T
Swathed him in linen white	A
And laid him in the earth of Christ	A
By Signy his delight	A
O wilt thou win me then	C
or as fair a maid as I be	T