Beowulf ond Godsylla
Meanehwæl, baccat meaddehæle,     monstær lurccen;
Fulle few too many drincce,     hie luccen for fyht.
Ðen Hreorfneorhtðhwr,     son of Hrwærowþheororthwl,
Æsccen æwful jeork     to steop outsyd.
Þhud! Bashe! Crasch! Beoom!     Ðe bigge gye
Eallum his bon brak,     byt his nose offe;
Wicced Godsylla     wæld on his asse.
Monstær moppe fleor wyþ     eallum men in hælle.
Beowulf in bacceroome     fonecall bamaccen wæs;
Hearen sond of ruccus     sæd, "Hwæt ðe helle?"
Graben sheold strang     ond swich-blæd scharp
Stond feorth to fyht     ðe grimlic foe.
"Me," Godsylla sæd,     "mac ðe minsemete."
Heoro cwyc geten heold     wiþ fæmed half-nelson
Ond flyng him lic frisbe     bac to fen
Beowulf belly up     to meaddehæle bar,
Sæd, "Ne foe beaten     mie færsom cung-fu."
Eorderen cocca-cohla     yce-coeld, ðe reol þyng.
Beowulf and Godzilla 
Meanwhile, back at mead-hall, a monster lurked;
Full of a few too many drinks, he was looking for a fight.
Then Hreorfneorhtðhwr, son of Hrwærowþheororthwl*,
Asked the awful jerk to step outside. Thud! Bash! Crash! Boom! The big guy
All of his bones broke, bit his nose off;
Wicked Godzilla wailed on his ass.
The monster mopped the floor with all of the men in the hall.
Beowulf in the backroom phone call be making was;
Hearing the sound of the ruckus said, "What the hell?"
Grabbing shield strong and switch-blade sharp,
Stood forth to fight the grim foe. "Me," Godzilla said, "make the mincemeat."
Hero quick getting hold with famed half-nelson
And flying him like a frisbee back and forth
Beowulf bellied up to the mead-hall bar,
Said, "No foe beats my fearsome kung-fu."
He ordered an ice-cold Coca-Cola, the real thing.
*I searched and there actually was a website with the names translated, but I somehow managed to "lose" it.
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