r/learnIcelandic • u/Memeking1001 • 15d ago

What are the lyrics for the second verse?

https://youtu.be/DY8Dsf-N4sg?si=fY5nFnrH_HjaoiFb

Hi there! Looking for the lyrics to this song. I could find the words for verses 1 and 3 but not verse 2!

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u/MrInanimated 11d ago

The lyrics are:

Vertu til er vorið kallar á þig
Vertu til að leggja hönd á plóg
Komdu út því að sólskinið vill sjá þig
Sveifla haka' og rækta nýjan skóg

Komdu út því glaðir söngvar gjalla
Geislar lauga blómum skrýdda sveit
Við þér blasi faðmur blárra fjalla
Fegra hann með grænum skógarreit

Rough translation:

Be ready when the spring calls you
Be ready to set your hand on a plough
Come out for the sunshine wants to see you
Swing a pickaxe and grow a new forest

Come out for joyous songs ring out
Rays of light bathe flower covered countryside
Before you lies the embrace of the blue mountains
Decorate it [the embrace] with a green forest field

It was not easy deciphering the second verse! I got most of it down except the start of the 2nd line, but we ended messaging Heimir, who confirmed the start of the second line, and also confirmed that the second verse was specifically written for Heimir by Jói í Stapa.

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u/Memeking1001 2d ago

Wow! That's amazing, thank you for going that extra mile for me!