Stanza 93

Original Old Norse:	Auden & Taylor:	Bellows:	Bray:
Ástar firna skyli engi maðr annan aldregi opt fá á horskan er á heimskan ne fá lostfagrir litir	Never reproach another for his love: It happens often enough That beauty ensnares with desire the wise While the foolish remain unmoved.	Fault for loving | let no man find Ever with any other; Oft the wise are fettered, | where fools go free, By beauty that breeds desire.	The mind knows alone what is nearest the heart and sees where the soul is turned: no sickness seems to the wise so sore as in nought to know content.
Chisholm:	Hollander:	Terry:	Thorpe:
No man should ever ridicule another’s love. The lure of a beautiful woman often snares the wise while leaving the fool.	At the loves of a man to laugh is not meet for anyone ever; the wise oft fall, when fools yield not, to the lure of a lovely maid.	Let no man ever mock another, laughing at his love; the stupid may be safe where the wise give way to a fair folly.	At love should no one ever wonder in another: a beauteous countenance oft captivates the wise, which captivates not the foolish.
We have all seen those special couples, where the woman is just plain gorgeous, but the man.. not so much. “How did she end up with HIM?” I've said it myself at times. This stanza warns us not to mock them, though.. we don't know what lays beneath the skin of either of them.