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118 Läsebok. iS:o 94.
Erling.
It matters nothing,
I shall behold how the bright sun ascends;
It is right beautiful, I ne’er have seen it.
Halx on.
Seest thou the crimson beams far in the East?
Erling (clasping his hands together.)
Oh, what roses! what lovely, lovely roses!
But tell me, father, whence have come the pearls
With which they valley is all sprinkled over?
How brightly sparkle they against the roses!
Hal-on.
They are not pearls, it is the morning dew;
And what thou callest the roses is the sun.
See, it ascends.
Erling.
O, what a lovely ball!
As red as fire. Cannot we, dearest father,
Both thou and I, visit the sun some day?
Hakon.
Through our whole lives we strive towards the sun ;
That burning forehead is the eye of Odin;
His second eye, the moon, shines not so bright;
It has he placed in pledge in Mimer’s fountain,
That he may fetch the healing waters thence,
Each morning, for the strengthening of this eve.
Erling.
Where is that fountain, then?
Hakon.
The sacred sea
Below there, that smites foamingly the rocks,
That is the fountain of the ancient Mimer,
Which strengthens Odin’s eye. Full of new life
Ascends the sun from the cool springs of morning.
Erling.
It now ascends so high, it hurts my eyes.
(He holds his hands before his face.)
Hakon.
The Allfather mounts upon his golden throne
And soon will overlook the earth’s extent.
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