Paroles et traduction Ólöf Arnalds - Orfeus og evridís

Orfeus og evridís

Einsog hamar ótt á stedja
Uppá þaki regnid bylur
En í þinu þega tári
þar er gledi birta ylur

Á þinum gódu unadstöfrum
Önd mín sál og kraftur nærist
þér ég æ mun fé og föggum
Fórna medan ad hjartad hrærist

Svefn þinn gud í glasi áskenktu
Greidir fró í strídi hördu
þannig fæ ég þreyd af árin
þartil loks ég sef í jördu

Fjallahringurinn hann er dreginn
Hringing í kringum mig
Og utan hans þar er ekki neitt
því innan hans þar hef ég þig

En vid verdum ad láta okkur litla hríd
Lynda þad sem til bar
þú hvílir í brekkunni bakvid húsid
Brádum finnumst vid þar

Hún var felleg og hún var gód
Hún var betri en þær
Og þegar hún sefur vid síduna á mér
þa sef eg gódur og vær

Sólin kemur upp í austri
En í vestri sezt hún nidur
Í dalnum þarsem ég opnadi augun
Í árdaga
Ríkir kyrrd og fridur

Hesturinn minn hann heitir blesi
Höfum vid sömu lifad árin
Ég held áfram en h; un styttist nú
Ódum leidin fyrir klárinn

Blesi minn í brekkunni gódu
Búinn er þér hvílustadur
Eini iverntíma ál ég med þér
Örþreyttur gamall vonsvikinn madur

Orpheus and Eurydice

As soon as you step onto
The roof, the rain beats down
But in your tears of sadness
There is happiness in abundance

On your good and kind face
My spirit, soul, and strength are nourished
To you I will always be loyal and true
And sacrifice myself while my heart still beats

Your God given sleep in the glass you poured
Fights bravely in the hard battle
Thus I gain strength from the years
Until finally I sleep in the earth

The horizon of mountains is drawn
Circling around me
And outside of that there is nothing
Because inside of that I have you

But we will have to leave each other for a while
End what we have started
You will rest in the hillside behind the house
Soon we will find each other there

She was beautiful and she was good
She was better than them
And when she sleeps by my side
Then I sleep well and safely

The sun rises in the east
But in the west it sets
In the valley where I opened my eyes
In the early days
Peace and tranquility reign

My horse is called Bless
We have shared many years of life
I keep going, but his life is now shortening
Horses manage to outlive foals

My Bless in the good hillside
A resting place is prepared for you
Forever I shall wander with you
A tired old, disappointed man