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Eftirmáli ævintýris

by Atli Heimir Sveinsson From Gamansöngvar 'Humourous Songs' (1981)

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Eftirmáli ævintýris
Icelandic source: Anon.

Unnust þau bæði vel og lengi,
áttu börn og buru,
grófu rætur og muru,
smjörið rann, roðið brann,
sagan upp á hvern mann
sem hlýða kann.
Brenni þeim í kolli baun,
sem ekki gjalda mér sögulaun
fyrr í dag en á morgun.
Köttur úti í mýri
setti upp á sér stýri.
Úti er ævintýri.

After the fairytale
English translation © Oddur Jónsson

They loved each other dearly,
had children and clothes,
dug roots and flowers,
had money and food,
the story of them
and their life.
Their minds shall burn,
they who choose not to pay
today but tomorrow.
A cat in the bog
put up its tail
there ends the fairytale.

Eftirmáli ævintýris
Icelandic source: Anon.

After the fairytale
English source: Oddur Jónsson

Unnust þau bæði vel og lengi,
They loved each other dearly,
áttu börn og buru,
had children and clothes,
grófu rætur og muru,
dug roots and flowers,
smjörið rann, roðið brann,
had money and food,
sagan upp á hvern mann
the story of them
sem hlýða kann.
and their life.
Brenni þeim í kolli baun,
Their minds shall burn,
sem ekki gjalda mér sögulaun
they who choose not to pay
fyrr í dag en á morgun.
today but tomorrow.
Köttur úti í mýri
A cat in the bog
setti upp á sér stýri.
put up its tail
Úti er ævintýri.
there ends the fairytale.

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