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: Secular, Folksong

Language: Icelandic
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1932
Description: Sveinbjörnsson uses an old folk melody for this composition.

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.