Eivør Pálsdóttir - Sig Nærmer Tiden, Da Jeg Må Væk

Lyrics: Steen Steensen Blicher
Music: Oluf Ring
Singer: Eivør Pálsdóttir

Source of the video was live broadcast on Danish television channel DR1 - https://www.dr.dk/drtv/se/faellessang...

"It is a sing song for all Denmark, all sing together live. It is a Corona thing", says one of members Facebook group called "Eivør Pálsdóttir forever" -   / 10157363349805689  


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Danish text:

Præludium / Sig Nærmer Tiden, Da Jeg Må Væk

Sig nærmer Tiden, da jeg må væk,
jeg hører Vinterens Stemme;
Thi også jeg er kun her på Træk,
og haver andensteds hjemme.

Jeg vidste længe, jeg skal herfra;
det Hjærtet ikke betynger,
Og derfor lige glad nu og da
på gennemrejse jeg synger.

Jeg skulle sjunget lidt mer' måske -
måske vel også lidt bedre;
Men mørke Dage jeg måtte se,
og Storme rev mine Fjædre.

Jeg vilde gerne i Guds Natur
med Frihed spændt mine Vinger,
Men sidder fast i mit snævre Bur,
det alle vegne mig tvinger.

Jeg vilde gerne fra højen Sky
udsendt de gladere Sange;
Men blive må jeg for Kost og Ly
en stakkels gjældbunden Fange.

Tit ligevel til en Smule Trøst
jeg ud af Fængselet titter,
Og sender stundom min Vemodsrøst
med længsel gennem mit Gitter.

Lyt og, o Vandrer! til denne Sang,
lidt af din Vej Du hidtræde!
Gud véd, måske det er sidste Gang
du hører Livsfangen kvæde.

Mig bæres for, som ret snart i kvæld
at Gitterværket vil briste;
Thi kvidre vil jeg et ømt Farvel;
måske det bliver det sidste.


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English translation:

Prelude


The time when I must leave approaches,
I'm hearing the voice of winter;
For I, too, am only here migrating
belonging elsewhere.

I've known for a long time I must leave this place;
it doesn't make my heart heavy,
And therefor, I just as happily, now and then,
sing while passing through.

Perhaps I should have sung a bit more -
perhaps a little better as well;
But I had to see dark days,
and storms tore my feathers.

I would have liked to spread my wings
with freedom in God's nature,
But I'm stuck in my narrow cage,
it forces me everywhere.

I would have liked to emit
the happier songs form high above;
But for food and shelter, I must become
a poor, indebted prisoner.

I often look towards a bit of comfort
outside my prison nonetheless,
And sometimes, I send my sorrowful voice
through my grid with yearning.

Listen, o wanderer! to this song,
you'll walk a bit of your path!
God knows, perhaps it'll be the last time
you'll hear the lifetime prisoner sing.

I'm told, like quite soon tonight
that the grid will break;
Therefore I will tweet a tender goodbye;
perhaps it will be the last one.

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