“Fair is the hillside”, from Njáls saga

Annan dag eptir býr hann ferð sína til skips, ok sagði þá öllu liði, at hann mundi ríða í brot alfari;

The next day he gets ready for his journey to the ship, and told all his household that he would ride away for good;

ok þótti mönnum þat mikit, en væntu þó tilkvámu hans síðarr.

and people thought that a great thing, but they still expected him to come back later.

Gunnarr hverfr til allra manna.

Gunnar goes round to everyone to say goodbye.

Er hann var buinn gengu menn út með hónum allir.

When he was ready, all the men walked out with him.

Hann stingr niðr atgeirinum ok stiklar í söðulinn, ok ríða þeir Kolskeggr í brot.

He thrusts his halberd into the ground and vaults into the saddle, and he and Kolskegg ride away.

Þeir ríða fram at Markarfljóti.

They ride on to the Markarfljot river.

Þá drap hestr Gunnars fæti, ok stökk hann af baki.

Then Gunnar's horse stumbled, and he sprang off its back.

Hónum varð litið upp til hlíðarinnar ok bæjarins at Hlíðarenda, ok mælti:'

His eye fell on the hillside and the farm at Hlidarendi, and he said:

Fögr er Hlíðin, svá at mér hefir hón aldri jafn-fögr sýnz, bleikir akrar, en slegin tún!

"Fair is the hillside, so fair it has never seemed to me before: pale cornfields and mown meadows!

ok mun ek ríða heim aptr ok fara hvergi.''

And I will ride home again and go nowhere."

Görðu eigi þann óvina fagnað,' segir Kolskeggr,' at þú rjúfir sætt þína, þvíat þér mundi engi maðr þat ætla;

"Don't give your enemies that joy," says Kolskegg, "of breaking your settlement, for no one would expect it of you;

ok muntú þat ætla mega, at svá man allt fara sem Niall hefir sagt.''

and you can be sure that everything will go as Njál has said."

Hvergi man ek fara, ok svá vilda ek at þú görðir,' segir Gunnarr.'

"I will go nowhere, and I would like you to do the same," says Gunnar.

Eigi skal þat,' segir Kolskeggr,' hvárki skal ek á þessu níðaz ok á öngu öðru, því er mér er til truat,

"That shall not be," says Kolskegg. "I will not betray this, nor anything else that is entrusted to me;

ok man sjá einn hlutr svá vera, at skilja man með okkr; en seg þat frændum mínum ok móður minni, at ek ætla ekki at sjá Ísland;

and this one thing will part us; but tell my kinsmen and my mother that I do not mean to see Iceland again,

þvíat ek mun spyrja þik látinn, frændi, ok heldr mik þá ekki til útferðar.'

for I will hear that you are dead, kinsman, and then nothing will keep me from sailing abroad."

Skilr þá með þeim.

Then they part.

Ríðr Gunnarr heim til Hlíðar-enda, en Kolskeggr ríðr til skips ok ferr útan.

Gunnar rides home to Hlidarendi, and Kolskegg rides to the ship and sails abroad.