Sundið var mjög þraungt,
og ef tveir menn ötluðu þessa leið saman
urðu þeir að ganga í halarófu.
Við enda einstigisins birtist bakhliðin
á rauðmáluðu tréhúsi og hafði tvo glugga
og eldhúsdyr með bíslagi.
Þetta er gluggi Erlendar.
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Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-7 of the original text.
Note (provided by Dr. Kristín Jónína Taylor): the first seven lines were selected by the composer, with some omissions, from the prose text. The remainder is a poem in the storyline and is replicated in its entirety.
Composition:
Set to music by Jórunn Viðar (1918 - 2017), "Glugginn", 1993, published 1993, lines 1-7 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Dr. Kristín Jónína Taylor) , "The window", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Dr. Kristín Jónína Taylor
This text was added to the website: 2021-03-28
Line count: 31
Word count: 180
The alley was very narrow,
and if two men want to go together this way
they would have to walk in a single file.
At the end of the single lane reveals the rear
of the red-painted wooden house which had two windows
and a kitchen door with a room addition.
This is Erlendur’s window.
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