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by Kolbeinn Tumason (1173 - 1208)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Heyr himna smiður

Language: Icelandic (Íslenska)

Our translations: GER

Heyr, himna smiður,
hvers skáldið biður.
Komi mjúk til mín
miskunnin þín.
Því heit eg á þig,
þú hefur skaptan mig.
Eg er þrællinn þinn,
þú ert drottinn minn.

Guð, heit eg á þig,
að þú græðir mig.
Minnst þú, mildingur, mín,
mest þurfum þín.
Ryð þú, röðla gramur,
ríklyndur og framur,
hölds hverri sorg
úr hjartaborg.

Gæt þú, mildingur, mín,
mest þurfum þín,
helzt hverja stund
á hölda grund.
Send þú, meyjar mögur,
málsefnin fögur,
öll er hjálp af þér,
í hjarta mér.

Text Authorship:

by Kolbeinn Tumason (1173 - 1208), "Heyr himna smiður" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson (1938 - 2013), "Heyr himna smiður" [chorus] [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Höre, Allgestalter", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2016-11-29
Line count: 24
Word count: 84

Höre, Allgestalter

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Icelandic (Íslenska)

Höre, Allgestalter
deines Dichters Psalter:
Gieß auf mich herab
deine Gnadengab.
Darum bitt ich dich,
der hat geschaffen mich.
Ich, der Diener dein,
du, der Herre mein.

Herr, ich bitte dich,
heil und rette mich,
mild gedenke mein,
wir bedürfen dein.
Treib du, Sonngebieter,
allgewalt’ger Hüter,
Kummer, Leid und Schmerz
aus der Menschen Herz.

Schutz und Beistand mein,
wir bedürfen dein.
Steh zu aller Zeit
gnädig uns bereit.
Sohn der Jungfrau, sende
Gutes uns am Ende.
Hilfe kommt von dir
in das Herze mir.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Icelandic (Íslenska) by Kolbeinn Tumason (1173 - 1208), "Heyr himna smiður"
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This text was added to the website: 2016-11-29
Line count: 24
Word count: 84