Krummi svaf í klettagjá (Raven slept in a cliff rift). Known Icelandic folk song. Performed by Sverrir Bergmann Magnússon (modern Icelandic singer, 34 years old), originally from Sauðárkrókur in north Iceland. Krummi is conversational name for hrafn (raven) in Icelandic. Hrafn (Raven) is also a common male name in Iceland, also female as in Hrafnhildur (Raven woman). Raven is a bird of high intelligence and features in many mythologies, particularly in Norse (Ravens Huginn & muninn - mind & memory), Celtic (Brân) and American Indian. Raven banner standards were carried by such figures as the Jarls of Orkney, King Cnut the Great of England, Norway and Denmark, and Harald Hardrada of Norway. In the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions, the raven was the first animal to be released from Noah's Ark (In Alaskan and Siberian native cultures it is also associated with world creation). In the New Testament Jesus tells a parable using the raven to show how people should rely on God for their needs and not riches. Jesus said "Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds!"
Lyrics in Icelandic:
Krummi svaf í klettagjá,
kaldri vetrarnóttu á,
::verður margt að meini::
Fyrr en dagur fagur rann,
freðið nefið dregur hann
::undan stórum steini.::
Allt er frosið úti gor,
ekkert fæst við ströndu mor
::svengd er metti mína.::
Ef að húsum heim ég fer
heimafrakkur bannar mér
::seppi´ úr sorp að tína.::
Öll er þakin ísi jörð,
ekki séð á holtabörð
::fleygir fuglar geta.::
En þó leiti út um mó,
auða hvergi lítur tó;
::hvað á hrafn að éta.::
Á sér krummi ýfði stél,
einnig brýndi gogginn vel,
::flaug úr fjallagjótum::
Lítur yfir byggð og bú
á bænum fyrr en vakna hjú,
::veifar vængjum skjótum.::
Sálaður á síðu lá
sauður feitur garði hjá,
::fyrrum frár á velli.::
Krunk, krunk, nafnar, komið hér,
krunk, krunk, því oss búin er
::krás á köldu svelli.::
http://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krummi_s...
