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Faroese, Old Norse
Original lyrics
Sækonungar
Hvat skal mær bumban undir míni hond,
vil ikki frægur fylgja mær á onnur lond?
Hvat skal mær bumban undir míni hond,
vil ikki frægur fylgja mær á onnur lond?
Skipa, bátar, knörir, langskip, hélugbarði.
Skipa, bátar, knörir, langskip, hélugbarði.
Hvat skal mær bumban undir míni hond,
vil ikki frægur fylgja mær á onnur lond?
Hvat skal mær bumban undir míni hond,
vil ikki frægur fylgja mær á onnur lond?
Sær, sílægja, straumfǫrð, furdustrandir.
Sær, sílægja, straumfǫrð, furdustrandir.
Hvat skal mær bumban undir míni hond,
vil ikki frægur fylgja mær á onnur lond?
Jǫrð, fjǫrn ok gyma, hvammr ok tunga,
út fyrir jarðar skauti.
Jǫrð, fjǫrn ok gyma, hvammr ok tunga,
út fyrir jarðar skauti.
“Þar munu eftir undrsamligar,
gullnar tǫflur í grasi finnask,
þærs í árdaga áttar hǫfðu,
þærs í árdaga áttar hǫfðu.”
konradkr
IceyEnglish
Translation
Sea-kings
What can it provide me the drum under my hand,
if no brave man will follow me to other lands?
What can it provide me the drum under my hand,
if no brave man will follow me to other lands?
What can it provide me the drum under my hand,
if no brave man will follow me to other lands?
What can it provide me the drum under my hand,
if no brave man will follow me to other lands?
Sea, ocean, Straumfjord, Wonderstrands.
What can it provide me the drum under my hand,
if no brave man will follow me to other lands?
Earth, landscape, humus, valley and strip of land,
beyond the corners of the Earth.
Earth, landscape, humus, valley and strip of land,
beyond the corners of the Earth.
“There they’ll find again splendid
golden chessboards in the grass
which they had once owned,
which they had once owned.”
- 1. Two locations on the coasts of Vinland, northern Canada.
Floppylou✕
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