Paroles et traduction Ólöf Arnalds - Við og við

Við og við

Ég hef ekki alla tíd
Notid láns ad vera fundvís
Verid autrúa en
Stundum undirförul samt

Fetad hef ég margan stíg
Setid lengur en ég undi
Ekki vijad stoppa
Fyrr en stadnæmdist vid þig
Vid þig

þegar allt kemur til alls
Verdur allt annad ad engu
þegar allt í mer mætir öllu í þer
Má ég vera hjá þér lengur?

Mætti þér vid eldhúsbord
Og þú komst svo vel ad ordi
Reyndi ad fara á kostum
Var ekkert ad fást um þig

Dreymdi sídar okkar fund
þú sast á mokka á næsta bordi
Med þér svartur hundur
Sem átti erindi vid mig
Um þig

þegar allt kemur til alls
Verdur allt annad ad engu
þegar allt í mer mætir öllu í þer
Viltu vera hjá mér lengur?

Núna bid ég gódan gud
Ad gæta þess sem up er sprottid
Ad þad fái ad vaxa
þótt annad megi vaxa med

Mæti í kirkju vid og vid
Og med mátulegu glotti
Undir tek med hinum
Krýp og stend med þér og bid
Um frid

Þegar allt kemur til alls
Verdur allt annad ad engu
þegar allt í mer mætir öllu í þer
Má ég vera hjá þér lengur?

Again and again

I don't have the time
To spend my whole life wondering
To be rich in doubt
But often quite worn out

I have walked many a path
Sat still for longer than I hoped
Don't want to stop
Before I come to meet you
To meet you

When it all comes down to it
All that's left is nothing
When all that is within me meets all that is within you
May I stay with you longer?

I met you by the kitchen counter
And you spoke so eloquently
I tried to play it cool
But I couldn't learn anything about you

I later dreamed about meeting you
You were sipping coffee at the next table
With you, a black dog
Who had a message for me
About you

When it all comes down to it
All that's left is nothing
When all that is within me meets all that is within you
Will you stay with me longer?

Now I ask the good Lord
To protect that which has blossomed
To allow it to grow
Although other things may grow with it

I see you in church from time to time
And with a gentle smile
I join in the hymns with the others
I kneel and stand with you and pray
For peace

When it all comes down to it
All that's left is nothing
When all that is within me meets all that is within you
May I stay with you longer?