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 such a slender sort
En lknrinn var sttur, - The was fetched
og loksins l hn dttur, - And finally her daughter was
og thd sst ekki stari mey. - And had ever seen a sweeter girl
En var sjalfur, - My father spent usually
alltaf hlfur, - His time at sea half-drunk
svo hann gat lengur sagt nei. - But he could not deny me
Fyrst var mjg sleginn, - At first he was rather shocked
en seinna hann feginn. - But then he said, relieved
Ad thad sst ekki stari mey. - None ever see a sweeter girl
Stari mey, - Such a girl
stari mey, - Such a sweet
nei thad sst ekki stari mey. - There is no sweeter
Og en mig vardi, - Before I knew it
hver strkur mig stardi, - boy would gaze at me
og stelpur gleym-mr-ei. - As girls gaze at Forget-Me-Nots
Their fru ad skjlfa, - They'd
og vid sig sjlfa, - And say to themselves
hn er sorglega stygg, - She's to get -
en mjg trygg, ad g hygg, - But loyal, I think
og thad sst ekki stari mey. - And is no sweeter girl
g lrdi i bernsku, - I quite early
ad blikka finni ensku, - To proper English
og min sngrdd var and gay. - And my song was sweet and gay
En vestur landi, - But out west
g lenti hjnabandi. - I stumbled into
Thad er sorglegt sidprda mey - It was sad for such a nice girl
Hann lagdi sinn vana, - He was to
ad Amerkana, - Loving American girls
svo g kyssti hann og sagdi OK. - So I kissed him and OK
En illt var efni, - Then I deceit
hann var svefni, - When he spoke in his sleep
og th hann, - And I found out
ramm islenskt grey. - He was Icelandic after all
Islenskt grey, - Just a poor
grey, - Just a poor Icelander
sem sdist islenska mey. - Who an Icelandic girl
En n er nnur ldin, - has since changed
g dansa kt kvldin, - Now I go dancing every
og thiy mig gleym-mr-ei. - And boys call me Forget-Me-Not
Og piltarnir their skjlfa, - And they
their segja vid sig sjlfa, - They say to
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.