Freyr kvað:

Frey said:

 

 

Hví um segiak þér,

Why should I tell you,

 

seggr enn ungi,

young man,

 

mikinn móðtrega?

about my great sorrow of heart,

 

þvíat   álfröðull   lýsir um alla daga

For the-elf-rays(sun) shines  all  day,

 

ok þeygi at mínom munom.

but  brings no joy to me.

 

 

 

*notes*

enn, , adv. yet, still, with a comp. still, better,

seggr  .pl. -ir, gen. -ja, m.  poet. man.

trega,, irreg. v. to grieve, fjöld er þat, er fira tregr, many are the woes of man.

þvi (prop. dat. from þat ) adv. therefore af þvi , therefore. þvi at eins, only on that condition.

alfraoðull, I think that this is a kenning for sun.

þeygi, conj. yet not.
muna (að), v. impers.  desire, joy, like munafullr, a. delightful.