by Jens (or Janus) Hendrik Oliver Djurhuus (1881 - 1948)
Í búri
Language: Faroese
Available translation(s): ENG
Kúrir tú litli songfuglur mín, fjaðursárur í búri, tagnaðiröddin fögur og fín, lítið er tær nú um mjödin og vìn, songfuglur mín, skerður í fangabúri. Minnist tú leikin um grönan völl fjaðursárur í búri, minnist tú gil og dalar og fjöll, lætt var títt flog og rödd tínsnjöll, minnini öll fána í fangabúri. Durvar tú longu, hövd undir vong, fjaðursárur í búri, kanska tú droymir um fuglasong, ástarleik yvir grönu ong árini mong sloppin úr fangabúri.
Authorship:
- by Jens (or Janus) Hendrik Oliver Djurhuus (1881 - 1948) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jógvan Waagstein (1879 - 1949), "Í búri" [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Leivur Djurhuus) , "In A Cage", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 76