MannaR - Liv - Wardruna

…Unz þrír kvámu

ór því liði

öflgir ok ástkir

æsir at húsi,

fundu á landi

lítt megandi

Ask ok Emblu

örlöglausa

Önd þau né áttu,

óð þau né höfðu,

lá né læti

né litu góða;

önd gaf Óðinn.

óð gaf Hænir,

lá gaf Lóðurr

ok litu góða

Eismall-sut og vervill

Tils eg råka deg

Maður er manns gaman

…Until three of the Æsir

assembled there,

strong and benevolent,

came to the sea;

they found on the shore

two feeble trees.

Ask and Embla,

with no fixed fate

They had no breath,

they had no spirit,

neither warmth nor voice

nor fine complexion;

Odin gave them breath

Haenir gave them spirit

Lodur gave them warm life

and fine complexion

Sorrowed by solitude

and astray — until I met you

Man is man’s joy