The Call of Cthulhu / Kallið frá Cthulhu

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents

a miskunnsamlegasta heiminum held g a s vanh fni mannshugans til a tengja allt innihald sitt.

We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity

Vi b um kyrrl tri eyju f fr i mi ju svarthafs endanleikans

and it was not meant that we should voyage far

ok var eigi tla , at v r skyldum fara langt

The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little

V sindin, sem hver vingast s na ttina, hafa hinga til ska a okkur l ti

but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up terrifying vistas of reality

en einhvern daginn mun sameining tengdrar ekkingar opna gnvekjandi s n veruleikann

and of our frightful position within this reality will become clear to us

og um skelfilega st u okkar innan essa veruleika ver ur okkur lj st

And we shall either go mad from the revelation, or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age

Og anna hvort munum vi ver a vitlaus fr opinberuninni, e a fl ja fr banv nu lj si inn fri og ryggi n rrar myrkra aldar