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AEYSA · Track 09 / 11
Brennr Enn
A hearth for those who come after
Lyrics & English
Original
Myrkt er í dal
Snær á fjǫllum
Eldr á arni
Brennr enn
Vindr ferr um hús
Vetr liggr á landi
Þeir er hér bjuggu
Eru farnir nú
English translation
It is dark in the valley
Snow on the mountains
The fire on the hearth
Still burns
The wind moves around the house
Winter lies upon the land
Those who lived here
Are gone now
Original
Spor þeirra hverfa
Steinar standa
Nöfn þeirra lifa
Meðan vér munum
English translation
Their footprints disappear
Stones stand
Their names live on
As long as we remember
Original
Ek man nöfn
Ek man orð
Ek man þá
Er fyrr fóru
English translation
I remember names
I remember words
I remember those
Who went before
Original
Þeir fóru fyrr
Vér förum eptir
Eldr á arni
Brennr enn
Þeir fóru fyrr
Vér förum eptir
Meðan vér munum
Brennr eldr enn
English translation
They went before
We follow after
The fire on the hearth
Still burns
They went before
We follow after
As long as we remember
The fire still burns
Original
Vetr kemr
Ok líðr
Sumar kemr
Eptir
Menn koma
Menn fara
Landit stendr
Enn
English translation
Winter comes
And passes
Summer
Follows
People come
People go
The land
Endures
Original
Ek vil eitt
At eldrinn lifi
Eigi fyrir mik
Fyrir þá
Er eptir koma
English translation
I want one thing:
That the fire may live
Not for me
For those
Who come after
Original
Frændr deyja
Menn fara
Nafn má lifa
Ef vér munum
Ek man
Vér munum
English translation
Our kin die
People go
A name may live on
If we remember
I remember
We remember
Original
Þeir fóru fyrr
Vér förum eptir
Eldr á arni
Brennr enn
Þeir fóru fyrr
Vér förum eptir
Meðan vér munum
Brennr eldr enn
English translation
They went before
We follow after
The fire on the hearth
Still burns
They went before
We follow after
As long as we remember
The fire still burns
Original
Þeir fóru fyrr
Vér förum eptir
Eldr á arni
Brennr enn
Spor þeirra hverfa
Steinar standa
Nöfn þeirra lifa
Meðan vér munum
English translation
They went before
We follow after
The fire on the hearth
Still burns
Their footprints disappear
Stones stand
Their names live on
As long as we remember
Original
Þeir fóru fyrr
Vér förum eptir
Eldr á arni
Brennr enn
English translation
They went before
We follow after
The fire on the hearth
Still burns
Original
Ek man
Vér munum
Brennr enn
English translation
I remember
We remember
The fire still burns
Inside the song
Story & meaning
Snow lies on the mountains, wind moves around the house, and the hearth still burns. The people who lived here have gone. Their absence is felt in the things that remain: stones, remembered words and names that can still be spoken.
Winter passes and summer follows. “I remember” opens into “we remember”, making remembrance a shared responsibility. Keeping the fire alight is a way of caring for those who will come after, who may one day find warmth where we stood. A name can live on when someone carries it forward.