On ealdum mosāiscum flōre lōciaþ twā sphinxas fram him selfum, hira clāwa on missenlīce wegas gesette, þā rāpas slāce betwēonan him. Se drīfere, instæpe þæt hē þā brīdelas þiht healde, lǣt hīe hangian. Þæt fært hlynþ forþ, nā for willan, ac for þȳ þe hweol sceolon hwār wealcan. On þǣre ealdan burge is se wægn þing wlites, ac tōdæg is his færeld unstill, ymbhweorfende þā ilcan stānstrǣta, wendende hyrnas ān tō sēonne þā ilcan andwlitan eft: þā smiþþan mid hire īsensceardum gehēapodum gehende duru, feorr rēc coles drīfende of bæceres ofne, þā strǣtstānas smēþe gehrorene be unārīmedum fōtum. Sēo lyft is hefig mid behāte rēnes þe nǣfre fullīce cymþ, and þā wolcnu bufan sind þā ilcan swā se sōt gegaderod on hrōfum.
Spell sægþ be tīdum þonne se wægnere wolde drīfan mid andgiete, tō þām geatum, þurh beorgpæþ, hweol ceorfende þurh morgenmist. Ac nū, mid nīetenum ungefæstnodum and wegum ungewissum, færþ se wægn ān for styrunge āgenre, his eax gnornigende. Be wege licgaþ ēastānas tōstencede, gecorene be cildum tō plegum oþþe borene on coddum tō gelimpe. Hīe sind cōle tō hrīnenne, hira brāda ādullode of gēarum wæteres ofer him farendes, gemynd geþyldigra færelda gedōnra be slāwum anbīdigum ryne. Cēapmann, forþgāngende, āhefþ sacc gefylledne mid metalum tōlum, hamorum, hōcum, and horsscōn, ælc gehroren mid dullum scīne gelōmes brūces. On ōþerre lāne hlinþ eald regnþece forgieten wiþ duru, hire clāþ gecruncen of tō manigum stormum. Bufan wunaþ se heofon gehende, blēo morgenmistes þe anrǣde ofer hyþe ligeþ.
Þā miclan burga stǣres, Lunden æfter rēne, Tokyo on stilnesse ǣr ǣrdæge, habbaþ þās dagas gecūþ: þonne strǣta bēoþ bewrogene mid þiccum niþerum wolcnum, and heorþrēc drīfþ be lānum, wefende betwēonan stīpelum and templum. On tūne friþiaþ scēap gehende clūdum mid līcene besprengedum, stānum gegaderodum ofer gēara and healdendum gemynd unārīmedra cealdra ǣrdaga. Sǣmenn getrīewedon hwīlum þone stæþigan hīw rēces of feorrum scipum tō tācne tōweardes wederes, rǣdende spell on bīge and streccunge bufan þām heofonriman. Mynecnīþas under eorþan worhton be blācum glīeme graphites, strīciende līnan on rūhum stāne þonne dæglēoht hīe ne mihte gerǣcan, getrīewende hira hamorum and īsenum gesmiþodum on sceadwigum cræftes hūsum.
On cicenum restaþ īsenpannan bufan ofne, hira brāda gemetede be gēarum carfulre gīemene, gearwe tō underfōnne þone nīehstan mete. On stillum hyrnum bīdeþ eald bōc, hire hrægl hnesce and gehroren, leaf gefylled mid metingum feorra beorga and mōdigra sǣ. Ēac on hlyd cēapa gāþ mynet of handa tō handa, cōle and fæste, berende mearc stōwa and tīda begeondan þissum andweardan. Sēo woruld bīdeþ under þissum heofone, and styrenes wierþ hire āgen sōcn, būtan wege swā se wægn ymbhwerfþ his cūþne stede, and þēah anbīdig.
Tōdæg mæg sum mann cēosan tō scearpienne tōl, gīemende þæt þe þurh brūc ādullode, oþþe tō metenne mearc nēahstōwe, spyrigende wegas þe ā hām bīgaþ. Ōþer mæg crocc wæteres tō wylme settan, hlystende þām ǣrestan slāwum swēgum, oþþe ān gān under hefigum wolcnum, mætende his āgen orþung tō stæþigum ryne scōs wiþ strǣtstān.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Dimgræg.
Lucky Color: DimGray — #696969Ber geþyld stānes and behāt rēnes, for þȳ þe styrenes is hwīlum hire āgen cyme.