For me, and the burden | that Grani bore;
But Atli said | he would never receive
Marriage gold | from Gjuki’s son.
[a]21]. “Yet could we not | our love o’ercome,
And my head I laid | on the hero’s shoulder;
Many there were | of kinsmen mine
Who said that together | us they had seen.
[a]22]. “Atli said | that never I
Would evil plan, | or ill deed do;
But none may this | of another think,