Luyện nghe bài hát Þad Sést Ekki Sætari Mey

Thad drtti, - It was quite a delay
ad mdir mn mig tti, - When my had me
thvi hn var svo gskid grey. - But then she's 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 none had seen a sweeter girl
En pabbi var sjalfur, - My spent usually
sjnum alltaf hlfur, - His at sea half-drunk
svo hann gat ekki sagt nei. - But he could not deny me
var hann mjg sleginn, - At first he was rather shocked
en sagdi hann feginn. - But then he said, relieved
Ad thad sst stari mey. - None shall ever see a sweeter girl
Stari mey, - a sweet 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, - Every boy gaze at me
og stelpur gleym-mr-ei. - As girls gaze at Forget-Me-Nots
Their fru ad skjlfa, - shiver
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 sst ekki stari mey. - And there is no sweeter girl
g i bernsku, - I learned quite early
ad blikka finni ensku, - To speak proper
og min sngrdd var sweet and gay. - And my was sweet and gay
En vestur landi, - But while out
g lenti hjnabandi. - I stumbled marriage
er sorglegt fyrir sidprda mey - It was sad for such a nice girl
Hann sinn vana, - He was used to
ad elska* Amerkana, - Loving American
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 hann, - And I found out
ramm islenskt grey. - He was very after all
Islenskt grey, - Just a Icelander
grey, - Just a poor Icelander
sem sdist mey. - Who wanted an Icelandic girl
En n er ldin, - Everything has since changed
g kt kvldin, - Now I go dancing every night
og thiy kalla mig gleym-mr-ei. - And call me Forget-Me-Not
Og their skjlfa, - And they shiver
their segja vid sig sjlfa, - They say to
nei, th setydir mr blossandi st. - No, you send me of love
hnoss! - Such luck!
Thvi thad sst ekki stari mey. - Since there is no girl.