Christmas holiday season.
“Heyr Himna Smiður” is an Icelandic poem written in or just before 1208 AD. It was written by Kolbeinn Tumason who was a chieftain in one of the Icelandic family clans at the beginning of the most violent and turbulent time in Icelandic history. The poem is a prayer to God for strength, peace, and guidance in the face of the prospect of open inter-clan warfare. The words themselves are now over 800 years old, but music was not added to it until the 20th century.
Icelandic:
Heyr, himna smiður,
hvers skáldið biður.
Komi mjúk til mín
miskunnin þín.
Því heit eg á þig,
þú hefur skaptan mig.
Ég er þrællinn þinn,
þú ert drottinn minn.
Guð, heit eg á þig,
að græðir mig.
Minnst, mildingur, mín,
mest þurfum þín.
Ryð þú, röðla gramur,
ríklyndur og framur,
hölds hverri sorg
úr hjartaborg.
Gæt, mildingur, mín,
mest þurfum þín,
helst hverja stund
á hölda grund.
Set, meyjar mögur,
málsefni fögur,
öll er hjálp af þér,
í hjarta mér.
English:
Hear, smith of the heavens,
what the poet asks.
May softly come unto me
thy mercy.
So I call on thee,
for thou hast created me.
I am thy slave,
thou art my Lord.
God, I call on thee
to heal me.
Remember me, mild one,[3]
Most we need thee.
Drive out, O king of suns,
generous and great,
human every sorrow
from the fortress of the heart.
Watch over me, mild one,
Most we need thee,
truly every moment
in the world of men.
send us, son of the virgin,
good causes,
all aid is from thee,
in my heart.
They want us divided.
STAY UNITED AND STRONG.
WWG1WGA