Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book/Annotated/62

62 (k-d 85)

Not silent is my hall,     nor I myself am loud . . .     for us two the Lord ordained our ways together.     I am swifter than he and at times stronger;     he is more enduring. Often I rest;     he must run on. With him is my home     all my life long. If we two are parted     my death is destined.

Nis min sele swige     ne ic sylfa hlud ymb . . .     unc driht scop siþ ætsomne     Ic eom swistre þōn he þragum strengra     he þreohtigra · hwilum Ic me reste     he sceal yrnan forð Ic him In wunige     a þenden Ic lifge gif wit unc gedælað     me bið deað witod

Fish and River. This is based on Symphosius 12.