Svipdag said:
1.
"Awake, Groa,
good woman, awake!
From the door of the dead I wake you:
see now how badly
your son to your grave-hill
has wanted to visit?"
Groa said:
2.
"What aliment have you
my only son,
what makes heavy your heart,
that your mother you call,
who under the grave mould does lie,
and has left the world of the living?
Svipdag said:
3.
"The crafty woman
she who in her arms embraced my father
has set for me a cursed task.
To journey where one cannot,
to go she bade me to meet
fair Mengloth."
Groa said:
4.
"Long is the way
and wearisome,
but longer a man's love will last,
if you win that which you wish.
It is well for you only
what the Norns work nonetheless."
Svipdag said:
5.
"Speak for me such spells
as will speed my way!
Shield and shelter you
me your son!
Groa said:
6.
"First heed then,
that which I know to be most helpful,
that [spell] which Rind spoke for Ran:
it will help stop your shoulders
from shaking when things
seem most shocking;7.
"This other heed you:
if ever you are wearily
walking on your way:
on all sides
may you be guarded,
when with mocking words you are met.8.
"This third heed you:
if in threatening waters
you come close to your death:
to Hel should go
Hronn and Uth,
may they dry up the depths for you!9.
"This fourth heed you:
if an enemy comes upon you,
set to kill you:
let their hearers withhold
their hands from you,
and be made to meet yours halfway.10.
"This fifth heed you:
if chained up you are,
fastened hand and foot:
a loosening spell I will speak
over your limbs,
so that the locks will burst off your legs,
the fetters fly from your feet.11.
"This sixth heed you:
if while on the sea the weather rises up
more wild than men can handle:
wind and water
my witchcraft shall lull;
then fearlessly you may fare forth!12.
"This seventh heed you:
if searing frost beset you
on fell high faring:
may the deadly cold not
over come you ever,
nor rob your limbs of their liveliness.13.
"This eighth heed you,
if you find yourself on a misty night
on the moors,
and ill overtake you,
or badness from the wraith
of a Christian woman!14.
"This ninth heed you:
if with haughty thurs you find yourself
jousting with words:
wit nor words
will you ever be lacking,
on order of your heart!15.
"May your errand no longer
seem evil to you,
nor let you turn from your love:
on earth-fast stone
I stood within doors,
these spells while I spoke for you!16.
"Of your mother's words
mindful you should be in your heart,
darling, dwell on them:
luck-everlasting in life shall you have,
the while my words you heed!"