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Hafmey

Ástfangin mey
Sem situr í fjöruborð'á stein.
Ástfangin mey,
Svo litfríð, þó lúin hvíli bein.
Töfrar fram hljóm úr hörpu
Og tóna hjartans slær.
Ástfangin mey
Og undir leikur úfinn sær.

Ástfangin mey
Sem hafnaði úr hafi upp'á strönd.
Ástfangin mey
í laumi þar batt sín tryggðarbönd.
Margt fyrir löng'er leit hún
þar ljúfan yngissvein.
Ástfangin mey
Nú heyrir aðeins hafsins kvein.

Ó, ef að gengið gæti hún
Upp fjöru, grjót og sand,
Boðið þér silfursporð sinn
Fyrir lipran fót á land.
Ástfangin mey,
Sem heitir reyndar Sóley.
— Á steini situr hafmey.

Sea Maid

Dearest one
Who sits like a star on a seaside stone.
Dearest one,
So beautiful, though your resting bones are pale.
You conjure melodies from your harp
And play the notes my heart beats.
Dearest one
And the untamed sea plays beneath you.

Dearest one
Who washed up on the shore from the ocean.
Dearest one
Who pledged your devotion in the land of the elves.
Long ago, you searched for
That sweet, young man there.
Dearest one,
Now you hear only the ocean's cry.

Oh, if only you could walk
Up the seashore, over pebbles and sand,
I would offer you my silver spurs
For your soft foot to land.
Dearest one
Whose name is truly Sun.
— A sea maid sits on a stone.