Teaming of what, Ned?

Teaming Erin, so what, Ned?
A vat, Ned, heir called a duped
insect, wit and means howls.

Oct-teaming her insect mend,
simmer meow love of what knee noon
hummer ‘til howls.

Oct-teaming of what, Ned?
Renal weightlessed tell third door
in eve whit and means howls.


Homophonic translation of the first verse of Time and the Water (Tíminn og vatnið), an Icelandic modernist classic by Steinn Steinarr. The original first verse can be read in the english wikipedia article about Steinn Steinarr, along with a traditional translation by Marshall Brement.