Kirkjuhvoll | Großmutter hat mir dies erzählt: Bei Sonnenuntergang

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by Guðmundur Guðmundsson (1874 - 1919)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Kirkjuhvoll

(Sung text for setting by Árni Thorsteinsson)

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Language: Icelandic (Íslenska)

Our translations: GER

Hún amma mín það sagði mér: "Um sólarlagsbil 
á sunnudögum gakk þú ei Kirkjuhvols til!
Þú mátt ei trufla aftansöng álfanna þar. -
Þeir eiga kirkju í hvolnum, og barn ég var,
í hvolnum kvað við samhljómur klukknanna á kvöldin."

Hún trúði þessu, hún amma mín, - ég efaði ei það,
að allt það væri rétt, er hún sagði um þann stað.
Ég leit því jafnan hvolsins með lotningu til, -
ég lék mér þar ei nærri um sólarlagsbil:
Ég þóttist heyra samhljóminn klukknanna á kvöldin.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Composition:

Árni Thorsteinsson

Text Authorship:

by Guðmundur Guðmundsson (1874 - 1919), "Kirkjuhvoll", written 1895

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GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Kirkjuhvoll", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Kirkjuhvoll

(Sung text translation for setting by Árni Thorsteinsson)

See original

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

Großmutter hat mir dies erzählt: „Bei Sonnenuntergang
geh keinesfalls zum Kirkjuhvoll, dass man den Abendsang -
an Sonntagen zumal - der Elfen dort nicht stört.-
Am Hügel steht ihr Kirchenhaus - als Kind hab ich gehört
zur Abendstund vom Hügel hoch der Glocken hellen Klang.“

Sie glaubte dies, Großmutter mein, - ich traute ihrem Wort,
dass dieser Platz ohn’  Zweifel sei ein mystisch heil’ger Ort;
ich sah daher den Hügel stets mit wahrer Ehrfurcht an, -
und spielte nie an diesem Ort bei Sonnenuntergang:
Tat so, als hörte ich von dort der Glocken hellen Klang.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Note: Kirkjuhvoll - Ortsname mit „Kirchhügel“ zu übersetzen

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