Jeez, these guy were bad-runes Vikings;
I blush at content outré.
This stuff’s not to my liking
when I translate today.

Don’t read this lout blight,
with profanity rife.
These are bad runes for your eyes.

If some proto-Norse you’re knowing,
this content just might make you swoon.
I jeer what these guys were crowing.
Such voices should remain entombed.

Don’t read this lout blight,
especially to your wife.
These are bad runes for her eyes.

I hope you do not read these “letters.”’
Don’t open to this content your eyes.
Better that you should be in fetters,
remain of this work unapprised.

Don’t read this lout blight—
it might engorge your fife.
These bad might make you rise.