Text & Translation
Sögugabb
Icelandic source:
Anon.
Þau áttu sér kálf
-nú er sagan hálf.
Hann hljóp út um víðan völl
og nú er sagan öll.
Porky Tale
English translation ©
Oddur Jónsson
They had a calf
-now the story’s half
done. He ran far and wide
now the story’s had its stride.
Sögugabb
Icelandic source:
Anon.
Porky Tale
English source:
Oddur Jónsson
Einu sinni var karl og kerling í koti sínu.
Once upon a time a man and woman lived in their farmhouse.
Þau áttu sér kálf
They had a calf
-nú er sagan hálf.
-now the story’s half
Hann hljóp út um víðan völl
done. He ran far and wide
og nú er sagan öll.
now the story’s had its stride.
