Luktar-Gvendur
Hann veitti birtu a badar hendur
Um baeinn serhvert kvold
Hann luktar Gvendur a lidinni old
A graum harum gloggt var kenndur
Vid glampa a ljosafjold
Hann luktar Gvendur a lidinni old
Hann heyrdist ganga hagt og hljott
Um hverja gotu fram a nott
Hans hjartasa med bros a bra
Ef ungan svein og yngismey
Hann adeins sa hann kveikti ei
En eftirlet theim rokkur skuggabla
I endur minning askutid
Hann aftur leit, en astmey blid
Hann ormum vafdi fast svo ung og sma
Hann veitti birtu a badar hendur
Um bainn serhvert kvold
Hann luktar Gvendur a lidinni old
Hann heyrdist ganga haegt og hljott
Um hverja gotu fram a nott
Hans hjartasa med bros a bra
Ef ungan svein og yngismey
Hann adeins sa hann kveikti ei
En eftirlet theim rokkur skuggabla
I endur minning aeskutid
Hann aftur leit, en astmey blid
Hann ormum vafdi fast svo ung og sma
Hann veitti birtu a badar hendur
Um baeinn serhvert kvold
Hann luktar Gvendur a lidinni old
Hann luktar Gvendur a lidinni old
----------------------------------------------------------------以下為英譯
Gvendur the lamplighter
He shed his light wherever he went
Around the town each night
Lamplighter-Gvendur of time long past
Known by his gray head
Light shining off his hair
Lamplighter-Gvendur of time long past
He could be heard walking quietly
Each street at night
His wounded heart would yet smile
If he spied a young couple
He would not light his lamp
Leaving them in the shade of darkness
And he reminisced about his youth
Looking back on his sweet love
Hugging tight his sweet young girl
He shed his light wherever he went
Around the town each night
Lamplighter-Gvendur of time long past
He could be heard walking quietly
Each street at night
His wounded heart would yet smile
If he spied a young couple
He would not light his lamp
Leaving them in the shade of darkness
And he reminisced about his youth
Looking back on his sweet love
Hugging tight his sweet young girl
He shed his light wherever he went
Around the town each night
Lamplighter-Gvendur of time long past
Lamplighter-Gvendur of time long past