Þæt Wyrde Hwēol

Þæt Wyrde Hwēol hwerfþ, and wrixlaþ þā þe stīgaþ wiþ þā þe feallaþ. Sēo wyrd gǣþ hire weg, and ne bītt þīnne cræft þæt hēo stille stande.

Gelimp nis nā stīging āna. Þæs hwēoles gecynd is tō hweorfanne, and nān setl ne wunaþ. Ne hāt þīne andweardan stōwe, sīe hēo ēaþe oþþe earfoþu, fæst setl.

Tōdæg gīem hwǣr þū on þām hwēole sittst. Ne gripe þā hweorfunge. Sēo is mā þonne þū meaht healdan, and hēo is nā þīn ende.

Þæt hwēol mæg þyncan swā hit hwerfe on stede, and sēo styrenes biþ lēas ganges. Þū wilt eft tō þǣre ealdan stōwe, and sēo hweorfung is ǣr ongunnen. Þū hāttst wyrd þā earfoþu āna, and þīne āgenan handa þū ne gesiehst.

Onwend, sēo gelōmnes þyncþ āwyrgednes. Oft nis hit se ilca gelimp, ac sēo ilce andswaru þe þū giefst. Þæt hwēol stent, for þȳ þe þū hit nelt forþ lætan.

Tōdæg oncnāw þā hweorfunge þe þū wiþstentst. Gief þīn setl þām flōwe āne hwīle. Sēo styrenes onginnþ eft, þonne þū hire rūm giefst.