{"id":18552,"date":"2014-04-30T10:54:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T14:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=18552"},"modified":"2014-04-30T10:54:07","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T14:54:07","slug":"13th-century-icelandic-hymn-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2014\/04\/30\/13th-century-icelandic-hymn-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"13th century Icelandic hymn goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18553\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/maxresdefault-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18553\" alt=\"\u00c1rst\u00ed\u00f0ir\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/maxresdefault-1-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/maxresdefault-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/maxresdefault-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/maxresdefault-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00c1rst\u00ed\u00f0ir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"firstHeading\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arstidir.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00c1rst\u00ed\u00f0ir<\/a> is an is an\u00a0Icelandic\u00a0indie-folk\u00a0band who mix classical and\u00a0minimalist\u00a0elements. All of them sing.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">Last week they surprised everyone by showing up and singing a 13th century Icelandic hymn, &#8220;Heyr himna smi\u00f0ur&#8221; at the train station in Wuppertal, Germany.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">The text was written by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kolbeinn_Tumason\" target=\"_blank\">Kolbeinn Tumason <\/a>in 1208, and the music was composed in the 1970s by <a href=\"http:\/\/dvm.nu\/periodical\/ns\/ns_1987\/ns_1987_01\/a-portrait-of-thorkell-sigurbjornsson\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00deorkell Sigurbj\u00f6rnsson<\/a>, one of Iceland&#8217;s foremost contemporary composers.<\/p>\n<p>The result is truly haunting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e4dT8FJ2GE0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Original Text:<\/p>\n<p>Heyr, himna smi\u00f0ur,<br \/>\nhvers sk\u00e1ldi\u00f0 bi\u00f0ur.<br \/>\nKomi mj\u00fak til m\u00edn<br \/>\nmiskunnin \u00fe\u00edn.<br \/>\n\u00dev\u00ed heit eg \u00e1 \u00feig,<br \/>\n\u00fe\u00fa hefur skaptan mig.<br \/>\nEg er \u00fer\u00e6llinn \u00feinn,<br \/>\n\u00fe\u00fa ert drottinn minn.<br \/>\nGu\u00f0, heit eg \u00e1 \u00feig,<br \/>\na\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fa gr\u00e6\u00f0ir mig.<br \/>\nMinnst \u00fe\u00fa, mildingur, m\u00edn,<br \/>\nmest \u00feurfum \u00fe\u00edn.<br \/>\nRy\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fa, r\u00f6\u00f0la gramur,<br \/>\nr\u00edklyndur og framur,<br \/>\nh\u00f6lds hverri sorg<br \/>\n\u00far hjartaborg.<br \/>\nG\u00e6t \u00fe\u00fa, mildingur, m\u00edn,<br \/>\nmest \u00feurfum \u00fe\u00edn,<br \/>\nhelzt hverja stund<br \/>\n\u00e1 h\u00f6lda grund.<br \/>\nSend \u00fe\u00fa, meyjar m\u00f6gur,<br \/>\nm\u00e1lsefnin f\u00f6gur,<br \/>\n\u00f6ll er hj\u00e1lp af \u00fe\u00e9r,<br \/>\n\u00ed hjarta m\u00e9r.<\/p>\n<p>English translation:<\/p>\n<p>Listen, smith of the heavens,<br \/>\nwhat the poet asks.<br \/>\nMay softly come unto me<br \/>\nthy mercy.<br \/>\nSo I call on thee,<br \/>\nfor thou hast created me.<br \/>\nI am thy slave,<br \/>\nthou art my Lord.<br \/>\nGod, I call on thee<br \/>\nto heal me.<br \/>\nRemember me, mild one, (or\u00a0mild king. This is a pun on the word\u00a0mildingur).<br \/>\nMost we need thee.<br \/>\nDrive out, O king of suns,<br \/>\ngenerous and great,<br \/>\nevery human sorrow<br \/>\nfrom the city of the heart.<br \/>\nWatch over me, mild one,<br \/>\nMost we need thee,<br \/>\ntruly every moment<br \/>\nin the world of men.<br \/>\nsend us, son of the virgin,<br \/>\ngood causes,<br \/>\nall aid is from thee,<br \/>\nin my heart.<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">Michael Vincent<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c1rst\u00ed\u00f0ir is an is an\u00a0Icelandic\u00a0indie-folk\u00a0band who mix classical and\u00a0minimalist\u00a0elements. All of them sing. Last week they surprised everyone by showing up and singing a 13th century Icelandic hymn, &#8220;Heyr himna smi\u00f0ur&#8221; at the train station in Wuppertal, Germany. 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