Caedmon's Hymn (trans. by Roy Liuzza)
By Caedmon
Translated by Roy M. Liuzza
Now let us praise Heaven-Kingdom's guardian,
the Maker's might and his mind's thoughts,
the work of the glory-father—of every wonder,
eternal Lord. He established a beginning.
He first shaped for men's sons
Heaven as a roof, the holy Creator;
then middle-earth mankind's guardian,
eternal Lord, afterwards prepared
the earth for men, the Lord almighty.
Roy Liuzza, "Caedmon’s Hymn" from Old English Poetry: An Anthology. Copyright © 2014 by Roy Liuzza. Reprinted by permission of Broadview Press.
Source:
Old English Poetry: An Anthology
(Broadview Press, 2014)