2 Genere me fram niþe nahtfremmendra þe her unrihtes ealle wyrceað, and me wið blodhreowes weres bealuwe gehæle.
gif þu syþþan wylt þa firenfullan fyllan mid deaðe. Blodhreowe weras, ge bebugað me,
Ac ne forleos mine sawle ongemang þam arleasum, ne min lif betwuh þam manslagum,
Þonne me to genealæhton mine fynd me to derianne, swylce hi woldon fretan min flæsc, þa þe me swencton, hi wæron sylfe geuntrumode and gefeollon.
ðu arlease ealle gelædest on soðe forwyrd seaðes deopes. Se blodhreowa wer bealuinwites fæcne gefylled ne fæger lif on middum feore gemeteð ahwær; ic me on minne Drihten deorne getreowige.
þæt næfre mine fynd ne gripen mine sawle swa swa leo, for þam ic nat ealles hwa me ahredde and gehæle butan þu wylle.
Hwylc ariseð mid me, þæt ic riht fremme and wið awyrgedum winne and stande, þe unrihtes ealle wyrceað?