Veraldarendi

ISRC DK-HE9-07-00114
Origin: American – The end of the world, featuring Skeeter Davis, 1963

Music: Arthur Kent
Lyrics: Sylvia Dee
Translated from English: Elin Brimheim Heinesen

Copyright: © Edward Proffit Music/Scandinavian Songs AB

Recording: Live recording + backing vocals recorded in Kringvarp Føroya in Jan. 2007. Technician: Finnur Hansen

Arrangement: Hans Christian Clementsen, Elin Brimheim Heinesen and Finnur Hansen

Lead vocal: Elin Brimheim Heinesen
Backing vocals: Elin Brimheim Heinesen
Guitar: Hans Christian Clementsen
Mandolin: Thomas Michael Smith
Mandolin: Heðin Thomsen
Double bass: Fróði Sandoy

Skeeter Davis’ version of The End of the World was very popular in the Faroe Islands when I was a little girl. I remember I was on vacation in Klaksvík the first time I heard the song. I couldn’t get it out of my head and sang it all the time. My family loved this song, so I chose to translate it for my mother. It is a highly sentimental song, but somehow it touches my heart in a good way. I have sung it a lot since then – especially on my own when I have felt hurt by love or loss.

LYRICS:
Hví skínur sól enn á himni
Hví skola aldur á sand
Veit eingin av, tað var veraldarendi
Tá tú sleit okkar’ ástarband

Hví syngja fuglar so kátir
Hví glampa stjørnur á nátt
Veit eingin av, tað var veraldarendi
Ta løtu, tá tú rýmdi brátt

Eg vakni upp á morgni
Og eg undrist
hví alt man vera enn nú sum tá

Eg skilji tað ei
Nei, eg skilji tað ei
Hví lívið bara heldur á

Hví dukar hjarta í brósti
Hví, sig mær, hví gráti eg
Veit eingin av, tað var veraldarendi
Ta løtu, tá tú fór tín veg

Hví dukar hjarta í brósti
Hví, sig mær, hví gráti eg
Veit eingin av, tað var veraldarendi
Ta løtu, tá eg misti teg