Kelling

"Kelling" (traditional Faroe Islands)

Kelling liggur í durum deyð
fær ikki etið smør ella breyð
ást ber hon í barmi
fær ikki eti fyri harmi

Statt upp og dansa

Statt upp og dansa
Hvørjum skal eg dansa við?
Halanum og smalanum
gumpinum og stumpinum

„Starta sá tú nakrantíð stertireyv? “

Starta fór á kvørn at mala
vid gráum gumpi og hvítum hala
Okkurt er gott í vóni
gentur heingja pott uppyvir
dreingir koma við spóni

Hjarta er brotið, kann ikki dansa
tak um hana tak hana við

English

Hag lies on the doorstep, dead
Cannot eat nor butter nor bread
Love she bears at her breast
Cannot eat for self-pity

Stand up and dance

Stand up and dance
Whom should I dance with?
The tail and the flock of sheep
The hip and the fool

„Starta did you ever see a restless fish tail? “
Starta went to turn the grindstone
Bottom grey and tail of white
Something good is a-coming
Girls hang up pots
Boys come with spoons.

Her heart is broken can not dance
embrace her take her with