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Indispensable Folk
Translation of a well loved local song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkJ0FIcwRqk
Indispensable Folk (Ómissandi Fólk - Magnús Eiríksson)
Naked you enter the world
and naked you leave it too
from these inanimate objects
you thought you'd keep with you
And on down life´s highway
you go where you will go
and know that during midday
death will size you up and so
Don´t you get big headed
from life´s nurturing yolk
graveyards of this plane
house indispensable folk
Naked you enter the world
and naked you leave it too
from these inanimate objects
you thought you'd keep with you
Don´t you get big headed
from life´s nurturing yolk
graveyards of this plane
house indispensable folk
Indispensable folk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkJ0FIcwRqk
Indispensable Folk (Ómissandi Fólk - Magnús Eiríksson)
Naked you enter the world
and naked you leave it too
from these inanimate objects
you thought you'd keep with you
And on down life´s highway
you go where you will go
and know that during midday
death will size you up and so
Don´t you get big headed
from life´s nurturing yolk
graveyards of this plane
house indispensable folk
Naked you enter the world
and naked you leave it too
from these inanimate objects
you thought you'd keep with you
Don´t you get big headed
from life´s nurturing yolk
graveyards of this plane
house indispensable folk
Indispensable folk
Published 25th May 2016
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Anonymous
26th May 2016 00:36am
cant we be naked in the middle too :)
26th May 2016 8:22am
27th May 2016 6:47pm
fascinating - still reads like a song but the repetition really works - like this one the chorus should add power :-)
good ink :-)
good ink :-)
The original lyrics by Magnús Eiríksson get straight to the point, no elaborating, fussing
or over dramatization and that appeals to me. Indicative of far north compositions.
Happy you think the translation works with the rhythm of the song, thank you David.
or over dramatization and that appeals to me. Indicative of far north compositions.
Happy you think the translation works with the rhythm of the song, thank you David.
Anonymous
28th May 2016 11:57pm
"graveyards of this plane
house indispensable folk"
These are the most cutting lines for me. It almost sounds patronizing but strangely true.
house indispensable folk"
These are the most cutting lines for me. It almost sounds patronizing but strangely true.
29th May 2016 2:50am
Patronizing to the ego perhaps
Thank you for reading and cutting to the core of the matter
Thank you for reading and cutting to the core of the matter
