Is it so with the skald’s thoughts too?

Jatgeir.

Ay, lord; no song is born by daylight; it may be written down in the sunshine; but it makes itself in the silent night.

King Skule.

Who gave you the gift of sorrow, Jatgeir?

Jatgeir.

She whom I loved.

King Skule.

She died, then.

Jatgeir.