Fífilbrekka (Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson)

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  • (Posted 2006-09-18)  CPDL #12635:     
Editor: Roar Kvam (submitted 2006-09-18).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 60 kB   Copyright: Personal
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General Information

Title: Fífilbrekka
Composer: Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson
Lyricist: Jónas Hallgrímsson

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: TTBB

Genre: SecularFolksong

Language: Icelandic
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1932

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

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Original text and translations

Icelandic.png 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.png 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.