In A Cage | Dejected you, my little songbird

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by Jens (or Janus) Hendrik Oliver Djurhuus (1881 - 1948)

Translation © by Leivur Djurhuus

Í búri

Language: Faroese

Our translations: 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.

Text 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.
Line count: 15
Word count: 76

In A Cage

Language: English after the Faroese

Dejected you, my little songbird,
Moulting in a cage,
Silencing voices beautiful and fine,
Of little use is mead and wine for you,
My songbird, restrained in a cage.

Remember the games on green fields,
Moulting in a cage,
Remember hills, valleys and mountains,
Smooth was your flight, and voice was high-pitched,
Memories all fade in a cage.

Slumber already with head under a wing,
Moulting in a cage,
Maybe you dream of bird songs,
Making love over green fields,
Many years have escaped the cage.

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Based on:

a text in Faroese by Jens (or Janus) Hendrik Oliver Djurhuus (1881 - 1948)
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This text was added to the website: 2023-02-01
Line count: 15
Word count: 86