Icelandic folk song - "Móðir Mín í kví kví"

[THEVITKI33]

The Scandinavian music, as a whole, is a music that goes deep into the human heart!

[Gwynsek]

So lovely,beautiful Icelandic culture,hope muslim culture spread,which has already reached the Island by its small community of followers ,does not threaten it with time, as they soon do,whenever they start to grow in numbers.

[shakama2]

I miss the snow  :(

[beini321]

ég hlusta alltaf á sorglefa tónlyst þegar ég er búinn að skíta, til að mynnast bræðra minna sem féllu fyrir hönd klósettsins :,(

[Jaquzze]

@beini321 Snillingur

[Steinininininininini]

@beini321 Eitt þroskaðasta comment sem ég hef nokkurn tíman séð.

[237cupcake]

@Steinininininininini what does that mean in english

[NotOnlySelfLover]

@MrMetalbassist13 As a translator to be I tend to the opinion that any good translation of non-specialized and literary texts requires human brains, not electronic ones.

[sethsharp1]

@odinn123x hey odinn123x, perhaps you are joking, but "í spilun núna", above a song on a web radio definitely means that the song is playing now and not gameplay. that wouldn't make sense for it to mean gameplay. but you can check out, ordabok.is, if you don't believe me. :)

[hrhreinn]

3 bjánar....

why thumb down ??????

[ClassicsHouse]

Hi! I'm trying to learn little bits of Icelandic as a small hobby. I'm not that great or fluent. Anyways, I was at the online radio station Lett Bylgjan listening to Christmas music. I finally found where they have the playlist and the songs on the playlist have the above titles: i spilun nuna / naesta lag. I can't seem to find a translation for spilun on an online dictionary or going through a "book" dictionary on Amazon.com What does "spilun" mean?

[sethsharp1]

@ClassicsHouse Hi, spilun means, playing. So, they are saying what is playing on the air at the moment and then the next song that is coming up. There is a dictionary called, ordabok.is, which is pretty good. You have to pay for it but not that much. Enjoy!

[kodiak1266]

( i spilun nuna / naesta lag.) In the spell now / next song. Spilun is both gameplay and musicplay. Spil can be cards or playing music.

[Luiginnn]

@ClassicsHouse dude... i spilun nuna / naesta lag means "is playing / next song" lmao

[MagneaK96]

@ClassicsHouse spilun means in playing.. like the song Móðir mín í kví kví is playing :) spilun means that :)

[sindribe]

Þetta er drulluflott hjá ykkur, maður fær alveg gæsahúð :)

[sethsharp1]

@sindribe Takk kærlega!

[KittyDice]

One of my favorite songs, I must admit.

And because I can't help being picky - I've heard, from my mother and others, that the young mother in question was a working girl at a farm, and the childs father was the farmer. But he, as was regretfully common, was a married man who took some liberties. The child was unwanted, by the father at least since it proved his infidelity, and the girl had to get rid of it. I've never heard anyone say anything about her feelings about matters.

[MYLOVEDEARFLEA]

Thank you so much, I'm so stressed today, this helped a lot slowing me down :)

[sethsharp1]

@MYLOVEDEARFLEA My pleasure! Glad it helped.

[leehyunkyun]

Where is this place? is it in iceland? if so i would like to go there...

[TheOrientalNightFish]

How sad...and yet so beautiful as well...

[sethsharp1]

@TheOrientalNightFish Thank you.

[NurseCh3rry]

Love this

[sethsharp1]

@NurseCh3rry Thanks!

[dayrock23]

This is Beautiful. Thank you for sharing!

[sethsharp1]

@dayrock23 Thank you!

[iSilversaku]

Svo fallegt lag .. mér langar bara að gráta þegar ég heyri það !

[sethsharp1]

@iSilversaku Takk!!

[flaviabarrale]

beautiful! greetings from rosario, argentina

[sethsharp1]

@flaviabarrale Thank you!

[lvsitiwdr]

Iceland...amazing country...been there last year...so beautifull, so enchanting...

[mrfarfenugen]

I don't have the Icelandic letter's. But do you have "pad milti min modir" a folk song about Egil skalgrimmson(i believe). Anyhow if ya have it I'd greatly appreciate any insight as to where to find it

[sethsharp1]

@mrfarfenugen Hi. The name of the song you are looking for is called, "Það mælti mín móðir" and you can find some versions of it on "tonlist . com" and probably some other places. Good luck and I hope you find what you are looking for.

[krm7hi]

@mrfarfenugen Are you talking about Það mælti mín móðir? I have never heard that sung, probably someone has done it but that is not a well know song, just a well known poem. And I think it's not a poem about him is a poem he wrote, he was a great poet and a great viking : )

[Aeschylus]

Bravo! Big thumbs up!

[sethsharp1]

@Aeschylus Thank you!!

[ice680]

perfect!!!!

[sethsharp1]

@ice680 Thanks!!

[alekslo2007]

I like so much this song, congratulations, greetings from Guadalajara, Mexico

[sethsharp1]

@alekslo2007 Thank you! Greetings from Iceland.

[mincomposer]

very beautiful song.....

[sethsharp1]

Thank you!

[mincomposer]

would like to hear with fidla ;-)

[Zealotuss]

very nice

[sethsharp1]

@Zealotuss Thanks!

[cantor2000cantor]

So expressive. Just Wow!

[sethsharp1]

Thank you!

[maarhoefe]

skøn

[cprobosteuribe]

Beautiful song, very moving,

Greetings to all

[sethsharp1]

Thank you very much and greetings to you too.

[cprobosteuribe]

You're welcome

[Ingachan11]

Icelandic folk music is truly really moving. Even for people like me who live in Iceland. Music is something that we can use to express us selves. Even without lyrics. Many icelandic folk songs talk about could winters and the hard life of living in such a rocky enviroment. it really is a heart moving music.

[michalmov1]

Can't get it out of my head it's just so AWESOME! I don't know Icelandic at all, it's kinda difficult language but im trying to learn singing it phoneticly. Btw my dream is to visit Iceland - I feel like I would find my home there.

Hugs from Poland, Michal.

[sethsharp1]

Thank you for the comment!

[muddyto]

beautiful, beautiful!!

Takk

[Lallitruth]

Ég elska þetta lag ( I love this song )

[Alfifa]

Beautiful song and interesting, good voice!

Karlott

[kansasteddybear]

beautiful music and voice.

[Peccas71]

Were can I get the sheet music for this song? I cant find it anywhere

[mick1316591]

Even though I don't know Icelandic at all, this song is still very moving.

[clayvessel]

My icelandic mother-- and I loved her dearly because she was a sweetheart-- tried unsuccessfully to abort me 53 years ago since I was an unwanted pregnancy in the 1950s. This song has special meaning to me... I don't think society understands how deeply evil abortion is. This song sums up the sadness of a child who still loves her mother....

[JohannBjorn]

In the old days in Iceland unwanted newborn were carried outside to freeze to death, the story behind this song is of a young mother who had to carry out her baby and months later she is invited to this dance but she cant go because she dosen't have a dress. On the night of the dance she goes outside and hears singing and she finds a floating white figure the ghost of her newborn singing to her. The song drives her insane with grief and guilt and she never recovers. This is the song she heard.

[MaderNord]

This story is so terribly sad;((((( so is the song itself, I have a CD with great Icelandic songs including this one, performed by a child with angel voice... can make you cry...

[thomm1986]

My mother in the pen, pen

don't you worry for, for

I shall loan you these rags of mine

rags of mine to dance in

I shall loan you these rags of mine

rags of mine to dance in

[NotOnlySelfLover]

@thomm1986 Thank you for the translation. But what is the point of the "pen"? How can a person be inside a pen? Or is it merely for the sake of rhyme here?

[sethsharp1]

@NotOnlySelfLover Hi, the word "pen" in this case is referring to a place where animals are kept (for example, a pig pen).

[NotOnlySelfLover]

@sethsharp1 Hi, and thank you :) Once again I learned something, namely that a pen is not necessarily a writing tool :D

[multemusic]

Appreciate that you include the Icelandic lyrics in the description. Please consider posting an English translation of the lyrics as well.

[Lexame2]

I love this song!!!!!!