In a lovely vale | In a lovely vale by a blue mountain stream

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by Jón Thoroddsen (1819 - 1868)

Translation © by Jim Reilly, Margrét Arnar

Í fögrum dal

Language: Icelandic (Íslenska)

Our translations: ENG GER

Í fögrum dal hjá fjalla bláum straumi
ég fríða meyju leit í sætum draumi;
það blöktu lausir lokkar um ljósan meyjar háls;
með blíðubros á munni hún byrjun tók svo máls:
"Sæludal sólar geislar hlúa,
sæludal sælt er í að búa."

Um brattan tind þótt blási köldum anda,
ei byljir storma dalnum fagra granda,
því honum helgar vættir með hlífðar skýla arm,
og hér er hlýtt í hlíðum og heitt við meyjar barm;
hjarta trútt hafa snótir dala,
hjarta trútt, hreint sem lindin svala.

Text Authorship:

by Jón Thoroddsen (1819 - 1868) [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 Emil Thoroddsen (1898 - 1944), "Í fögrum dal", from Sönglög úr sjönleiknum Piltur og Stúlka, no. 1. [
text verified 1 time
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Jim Reilly) (Margrét Arnar) , title 1: "In a lovely vale", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Im schönen Tal", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Jim Reilly

This text was added to the website: 2005-12-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 84

In a lovely vale

Language: English after the Icelandic (Íslenska)

In a lovely vale by a blue mountain stream
I saw a pretty maiden in sweetest dream;
her hair curled freely around her bright maiden neck;
with a smile on her lips she began to speak:
"Lovely vale warmed by the sunbeams,
lovely vale, happy they who dwell there."

Although around the steep peaks blow cold winds,
raging storms do not disturb the beautiful valley,
since holy beings keep watch with protective arms,
and here is warmth and shelter by a maiden's bosom;
the maidens of the vale have true hearts,
true hearts, pure as a  thirst-quenching spring.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Icelandic (Íslenska) to English copyright © 2005 by Jim Reilly and Margrét Arnar, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in Icelandic (Íslenska) by Jón Thoroddsen (1819 - 1868)
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This text was added to the website: 2005-12-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 98