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© by Halldór Kiljan Laxness (1902 - 1998)

Glugginn
 (Sung text for setting by J. Viðar)
 See base text
Language: Icelandic (Íslenska) 
Our translations:  ENG
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.
 ... 

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:

  • by Halldór Kiljan Laxness (1902 - 1998), appears in Sjömeistarasögu, first published 1978, copyright © by Guðný Halldórsdóttir, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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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

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