MY ENGLISH INTERPRETATION AND BRIEF SUMMARY OF STANZAS 145 - 164
Stanza 145 - “It is better never to pray, than to pray for everything. Nothing will be received that would then have to be repaid. It’s better to sacrifice nothing at all than to sacrifice too much for your cause. Odin carved this when the origin of man, before he rose from the depths and came home.”
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Stanza 146 - "I know of magic songs that no man nor woman knows. Help is the first, it will aid you in court, and it will cure all of your sorrows and sadness.”
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Stanza 147 - "I know of a second song, one which all men should learn & sing if they wish to heal the sick."
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Stanza 148 - I know of a third song. I shall dull the blades of my enemies in battle, such so that none of their strikes will bite.”
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Stanza 149 - “I know of a fourth song. If my body is bound by chains and locks, I sing such a spell that the fetters will loosen at my hands, and the locks will break at my feet.”
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Stanza 150 - “I know of a fifth song. If a spear is thrown in battle, should I only get a glimpse, it shall never fly so fast that I cannot stop it.”
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Stanza 151 - “I know of a sixth song. If a fool is to carve into a tree a curse against Odin, I call upon this song, and the curse will fall upon him instead.”
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Stanza 152 - "I know of a seventh song. If I see a burning hall full of people, no flame can burn so bright nor so intense that I cannot save all of those within. I alone know how to cast this spell.”
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Stanza 153 - “I know of an eighth song, once which serve mankind well. When I come across a heated dispute between two people, I can cool their tempers and show them both reason.”
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Stanza 154 - “I know of a ninth song. Should the need arise for me to save a ship amidst a great storm, I can calm the waves, dull the winds, and soothe the tossing ship.”
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Stanza 155 - “I know of a tenth song. Should a witch try my patience, I can sing this song so that they lose their wits, their skins and their way. Such an woman would be a fool to toy with Odin.”
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Stanza 156 - "I know of an eleventh song. If I head into battle with old friends, I will bless their shields such that no harm would come to them, and they shall return home completely unscathed."
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Stanza 157 - "I know of a twelfth song. If I see a dead man's corpse hanging from a tree, I carve some runes, and that corpse will walk alongside me, telling me all that I desire to know."
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Stanza 158 - “I know of a thirteenth song. If I bless a young warrior with water, no harm will come to this man in battle, and he will never die in combat.”
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Stanza 159 - “I know of a fourteenth song. A song that counts all of the gods for mankind. I can sing the names of every god and all of the elves. Very few fools can equal such a thing.”
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Stanza 160 - “I know of a fifteenth song, a song that was cast before the hall of Dellingr, sung by the Dwarf Þhjóðreyrir. He sang strength to holy gods, prosperity to the elves, and wisdom for Odin.”
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Stanza 161 - “I know of a sixteenth song. If I want to win the admiration of a cunning woman, I can sing this song to change her feelings towards me. I can win her favour and claim her as my own.”
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Stanza 162 - “I know of a seventeenth song. Such a song will discourage a beautiful woman to avoid my affection. These are songs that you will go a long time before ever learning, young Einarr.”
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Stanza 163 - “And finally, I know of a eighteenth song. A song for Odin alone. I will never teach it to any woman, save perhaps for the one I embrace in sleep, or maybe even my sister. It is for the best that I alone carry this final song, the last that I have to share.”
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Stanza 164 - “And now the words of the one-eyed have been heard in the great hall. This wisdom is for the benefit of mankind, and for the harm of the giants. Cheers to you who have heard them. Cheers to you who have learned them. Cheers to you who know them, and a final cheers to you who would speak them.”
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