Fífilbrekka (Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson)

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Editor: Roar Kvam (added 2006-09-18).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 60 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Fífilbrekka
Composer: Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson Lyricist: Jónas Hallgrímsson

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TTBB
Genre: Secular, Folksongs

Language: Icelandic
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1932

Description: Sveinbjörnsson uses an old folk melody for this composition.

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Original text and translations

Icelandic text

Fífilbrekka gróin grund

grösug hlíð með berjalautum.

Flóatetur fífusund

fífilbrekka smáragrund

yður hjá ég alla stund

undi best í sæld og þrautum.

Fífilbrekka gróin grund

grösug hlíð með berjalautum.

English translation

Dandelions gold and green,

Grassy banks with berries growing;

Meadowsweet the woodland queen,

Fairer flow'rs have never been.

All the sorrow I have seen.

Fades away when the flow'rs are blowing.

Dandelions gold and green,

Grassy banks with berries growing.