sunnudagur, desember 21, 2008

Megas on stage @ Söngskemmtun (1984): "Bráðum kemur betri tíð"

A while ago there was no so much material by Megas, Iceland's Bob Dylan, on YouTube. I found this today: Megas @ Söngskemmtun back in 1984.
"Bráðum kemur betri tíð" (Better times soon arrive)
Lyrics by Iceland's only Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness. This poem is about summertime and it's promise of better times.
BRÁÐUM KEMUR BETRI TÍÐ
Bráðum kemur betri tíð með blóm í haga
sæta lánga sumardaga.
Þá er gaman að trítla um tún og tölta á eingi
einkum fyrir únga dreingi.
Folöldin þá fara á sprett og fuglinn sýngur,
og kýrnar leika við kvurn sinn fíngur.
BETTER TIMES SOON ARRIVE
Better times soon arrive with flowers in bloom
sweet long days of summer.
Then it is fun to tread fields lightly and walk through meadow
especially for the young.
The foals will then gallop and the bird sings,
and the cows are in their highest spirits.
www.youtube.com/v/65TAU6P0wsc&hl&fmt=18

Translation of the poem found @ www.icelandchicago.org/2001_05_01_archive.html

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