Ekko

Dismal Euphony

traduzione in Inglese

Album:

Soria Moria Slott

Testi originali

Norvegese

Traduzione

Inglese

Ekko

"Ekko i det høye fjell hvem er du?

Hvorfor skjuler du ditt ansikt ?

Hvorfor svarer du og skremmer

Meg med mørkets gru?"

En gang på sin ville ferd

Kom han til en kroket sti

Over stygge ðratte uren

Tåker svevde tunge, ðleke

Om de klamme klippevegger

Ensom i den dype dal

Sorgen strømmer inn med velde

Kalde, klamme tåkertårer

Dryppet stilt fra svarte fjellet

Høyt til taket, trangt til veggen,

Triste toner klinger dypt.

Ensom, ensom var hans sjel,

Ensom i den tause dal.

Selv i fjellets dype hule

Fantes ingen fred og glemsel,

Graven var for stor og vid.

Tungt han ðar ei ðør av lengsel

Mot mørknede sjelers sal.

Opp imot i nøkne vegger

Skrek det fra hans ðleke ansikt :

"Er da livet ðare sorg ?"

Tungt ifra det mørke glemme svarte der en lukket stemme : "Bare sorg"

Stille

Ser dine tanker

Et ðad i tåke og ðlod

Del mitt kjaerlighets

Ingenting

Jeg er ðare månens,

Den erneste

Smak mine ord

Sirkelens åpning har fredens uro

Jeg famler ðak lyset

Jeg klatrer i garnet som er grått

Av grå tåke på solens rygg

Echo

"Echo in the tall mountain, who are you?

Why do you hide your face?

Why do you respond and terrify

me with the horror of darkness?"

Once on his wild journey

He met a crooked path

Over ugly steep terrains

The fog floats heavy, bleak

Around the damp cliff-walls

Lonely in the deep valley

Sorrow streams with power

Cold, damp tears of fog

Slowly drips from the black mountain

High as the roof, tight to the walls

Sad tones rings deeply

Lonesom, lonesom was his soul,

Alone in the silent valley.

Even in the deepest caves,

There was no peace and forgettings,

The grave was too large and wide.

Heavy he carried a door of longing.

Towards the darkened souls hall.

Up towards naked walls

His bleak face screamed:

"Is life but sorrow?"

Heavy from the dark a closed voice responded: "Only sorrow"

Quiet

Sees your thoughts

A bath in fog and blood

Share my loves

Nothing

I am but the moons,

The only one

Taste my words

The circles opening has peaceness' mayham

I fumble behind the light

I climb the thread that has been greyed

By the grey fog on the suns back

Song details

Translation details

sciscitatio

submitted on 17 Dic 2023 - 12:20

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Sergi0

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Commenti dell’autore:

I am not sure who wrote the original lyrics that you have posted, but the usage of ð is wrong. ð is the "th" sound in the English language, and traces of its Old Norse usage can be found in todays Icelandic and Faroese language. An example of a correct usage would be "bloð", meaning "blood".

Whoever wrote the original lyrics you have posted has replaced B-s and D-s with ð, which throws me off. I have accounted for this in my translation.

Commenti 2

Sergi0

26 Dic 2023, 19:38

Thank you very much

I greatly appreciate and value your translation.
The lyrics in the CD appear in a very baroque typography, which I think is what created the confusion, as it looks like a "d" instead of a "b". Someone figured it was "ð" and the internet has spread the error.

Unfortunately, it is very common for Norwegian lyrics-sheets to be wrong and have typos. I have also noticed that "aa" and "å" are often used interchangeably.

If you ever need anything in Spanish, don't hesitate to let me know.

sciscitatio A

22 Gen 2024, 18:10

Thank you, and I will do!

"aa" is commonly used as a replacement for "å" when we have to fill forms for countries that do not utilize these letters.
aa = Å, oe = Ø, ae = Æ
I do not believe we have any words that contain any of these combos of letters, so we interpret aa as Å, oe as Ø and so on.

There are a number of ongoing requests for x language to Norwegian, but most of these are just mass produced requests for disney songs etc. and I usually skip these. I try to check in once and a while to check if any legit requests are made.

Have a nice day, Sergio :)