Erst was the age | when nothing was: Nor sand nor sea, | nor chilling stream-waves; Earth was not found, | nor Ether-Heaven,-- A Yawning Gap, | but grass was none.”
Det var aldrers morgen da intet var, hverken sand eller sjø eller svale bølger: jord fans ikke eller himmel over. det var Ginnunga gap og gras ingen steder.»