Luyện nghe bài hát Þad Sést Ekki Sætari Mey

Thad lenti drtti, - It was quite a
ad mdir mn mig tti, - When my had me
thvi hn var svo gskid grey. - But then she's such a sort
En lknrinn var sttur, - The doctor was
og loksins l hn dttur, - And finally her was born
og thd sst ekki stari mey. - And had ever seen a sweeter girl
En pabbi var sjalfur, - My father usually
sjnum alltaf hlfur, - His at sea half-drunk
svo hann gat lengur sagt nei. - But he could not deny me
Fyrst var hann mjg sleginn, - At first he was rather
en seinna sagdi feginn. - But then he said, relieved
Ad thad sst ekki stari mey. - shall ever see a sweeter girl
mey, - Such a sweet girl
stari mey, - a sweet girl
nei sst ekki stari mey. - There is no sweeter girl
Og fyrr en mig vardi, - Before I it
hver strkur mig stardi, - Every boy would at me
eins og gleym-mr-ei. - As girls gaze at Forget-Me-Nots
Their fru ad skjlfa, - They'd
og sgdu vid sig sjlfa, - And say to
hn er stygg, - She's hard to get -
en mjg trygg, ad g hygg, - But loyal, I think
og thad sst ekki stari mey. - And there is no girl
g lrdi i bernsku, - I learned early
ad blikka finni ensku, - To speak proper
og min sngrdd var and gay. - And my song was sweet and gay
En vestur landi, - But out west
g lenti hjnabandi. - I stumbled marriage
Thad er sorglegt fyrir sidprda mey - It was sad for a nice girl
Hann lagdi sinn vana, - He was to
ad elska* Amerkana, - American girls
svo g hann og sagdi OK. - So I kissed him and said OK
En var efni, - Then I discovered deceit
hann var svefni, - When he spoke in his sleep
og th reyndist hann, - And I out
ramm grey. - He was very Icelandic after all
Islenskt grey, - Just a Icelander
islenskt grey, - Just a poor
sem sdist islenska mey. - Who wanted an Icelandic
En n er nnur ldin, - Everything has changed
g dansa kt kvldin, - Now I go dancing night
og thiy kalla mig gleym-mr-ei. - And boys me Forget-Me-Not
Og piltarnir skjlfa, - And they shiver
segja vid sig sjlfa, - They say to themselves
nei, th mr blossandi st. - No, you send me currents of love
hnoss! - Such luck!
Thvi thad sst ekki stari mey. - Since is no sweeter girl.