Beige and pale blue
the angels then flew,
at the east-facing twig
Earthen favourite disc
on the turntable,
and the midgard bitch
with wild gaudy heart
at the potter's wheel
in Fulda, in Fulda

Scraps of leather and bone:
.. hêlagumu gêste ..
.. alo-mahtiges fader ..
Scratched record
the scratching of ravens,
the call of swans
of swan and raven
feathered white and black
in Fulda, in Fulda

Take heed, dear forest
the dusty voice called out
(swîdron half godes)
on earth's flat disc
between the snow heaps
Messengers rode
imperial tidings
in 830, over there
in Fulda, at Fulda

Translation: 2008, Willem Groenewegen