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Bryði betri
berr-at maðr brautu at
en sé mannvit mikit.
Auði betra
þykkir þat í ókunnum stad-
slíkt er válaðs vera.

Bryði betri
berr-at maðr brautu at
en sé mannvit mikit.
Vegnest verra
vegr-a hann velli at
en sé ofdrykkja öls.

A traveler cannot bring
a better burden on the road
than plenty of wisdom.
It will prove better than money
in an unfamiliar place-
wisdom is the comfort of the poor.

A traveler cannot bring
a better burden on the road
than plenty of wisdom.
And he can bring
no worse a burden
than too much alcohol.

- Hávamál stanzas 10,11
English translation by Jackson Crawford © 2019

Corresponding passage from Dr. Crawford’s “The Cowboy Hávámal” © 2012:

That head on your shoulders
is the best thing you’ll ever have.
And no amount o’ money
can make up for not havin’ it.
Keep it in good shape.

The worst way to make yourself
into a goddamned fool
is to drink too much.
Stay out o’ the liquor,
except you know yer limits.

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Image: Public Domain - Rosa Bonheur - Muletiers espagnols traversent les Pyrénées (1875)

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