Monday, November 15, 2010

Our Favorite Lullaby


Lykkeliten

Da lykkeliten kom til verden,
var alle himlens stjerner tent,
de blinket: "lykke til på ferden",
som til en gammel, god bekjent!
Og sommernatten var så stille,
men både trær og blomster små,
de sto og blunket til den lille,
som i sin lyse vugge lå.

Text and melody: Frimann Clasen

This is the first verse of a Norwegian lullaby that I wish I could do justice to in terms of translating it into English, but I doubt I would ever manage to make it as beautiful as the original, so I won't even try. We sing this every night before bed, say our little prayer and thanks for our day and kiss good night. Every every night.

2 comments:

  1. Google translate probably doesn't do too much better but it still sounds pretty x

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  2. i never even thought of that- must do just to see! :) xx

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