May the Lord be my friend,
Who once on earth endured on the gallows-tree,
Suffered here for the sins of men.
He has redeemed us, he has given us life
And a home in Heaven. Hope was renewed
With bliss and a blessing for those
who had been through burning.
The Son was successful in that expedition,
Mighty in victory, when with a mass,
A great crowd of souls, came to God's Kingdom
The Almighty Ruler, to joy among the angels
And all the saints, who in heaven already
Lived in glory, then the Lord,
Almighty God, came home to his own land.
Anonymous, Anglo-Saxon, from "The Dream of the Rood", translated by Rachel Boulding
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