Should I hear the maidens' lay,

As I hastened forth with my heart aflame,

And my good ship sailed away?

*In token of what has befallen,

My helmet and corslet take,

And bear them forth to the King's high hall.—

'Tis the last request I make.

The prince's daughter, fair Ingibjörg,

Will be stricken with grief and pain

When she looks on my good shield hacked and rent,