Sigur Ros - Njósnavélin - Live @ BBC Electric Proms

Njósnavélin Live at BBC Electric Proms.

There are no real lyrics for this song, Jónsi only sings gibberish that fits the music. There was a contest to transcribe, translate and interpret the lyrics. The winner wrote these lyrics:

Njósnavélin in Essil

(original title: "ete tas Essilev" = "Light's traveller")

"Essil on
Essil on erifet al
Essil on
Essil on eriftel al
Essil on"

Literal Translation:

"I travelled through light
I travelled through light; I am not afraid"

Poetic translation:
"In this lake of souls
In this lake of souls, I lose all fear"

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[muzzilaneous]

Njósnavélin means The Spy Machine. There are no lyrics.

This is my favourite version of this song.

[angrymousecat]

Thanks for the info. :D I fixed the title.

[LDixon007]

The Everything Song!

[muzzilaneous]

You're wrong.

Check the section where they talk about the album in depth.

The Nothing Song is another name for it, but Njósnavélin means "The Spy Machine". The word for song is gi∂, and it isn't found in Njósnavélin.

I know my facts well before I state them.

[Tigreloaded]

@BelieveInImagination hahahaa those are my favorites too!! :D

[MarksMindBox]

@bobarabaske They're in a language invented by the band, which is often referred to as "Hopelandic". The phonetics are similar to Icelandic, but it's a nonsense language. The point is supposed to be that you supply the meaning. They included a blank notebook in the album sleeve so listeners could fill in what they hear. :)

[MarksMindBox]

@Alexlevy47 He's saying whatever you're hearing.

[BelieveInImagination]

its beautiful. I wish i was there. This is one of my favourite songs. My other favourites is everything else they make. Too beautiful. :)

[farfarfarize]

google i travelled through light i am not afraid in this lake of souls I lose all fear . this is the closest translation of lyrics, as chosen by the band.

[jeijei7]

@docdog333  search it in you tube like :" sigur ros(the nothing song) vanilla sky version" you got it, :)

[dasrm02]

:)

[Alexlevy47]

he seems to like saying "eee saye-lo"

[earzmundo]

dont bicker...it's hopelandic...it's jonsi..it's love...it's life

[cplc10]

The songs meaning is similar to Psalms 116:9 which read, "And so I walk in the Lord's presence as I live here on earth!"