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Flóð Rís
The patience of the tide
Lyrics & English
Original
Nótt liggr
Yfir sæ
Tungl skín
Yfir sæ
Flóð rís
Flóð fellr
Sær fellr
Á land
Ok ferr síðan
Aptr
English translation
Night lies
Over the sea
The moon shines
Over the sea
The tide rises
The tide falls
The sea breaks
Upon the land
And then flows
Back
Original
Ek stend
Á strǫndu
Vindr ferr
Yfir land
Jǫrð er
Undir fótum mér
Hjarta mitt
Slær
English translation
I stand
On the shore
The wind moves
Over the land
The earth is
Beneath my feet
My heart
Beats
Original
Eitt spor
Annat spor
Ek geng
Fram
Sær fellr
Á land
Sær ferr
Aptr
Ek geng
Fram
English translation
One step
Another step
I walk
Forward
The sea breaks
Upon the land
The sea flows
Back
I walk
Forward
Original
Flóð rís
Flóð fellr
Sær fellr
Á land
Flóð rís
Flóð fellr
Sær ferr
Aptr
English translation
The tide rises
The tide falls
The sea breaks
Upon the land
The tide rises
The tide falls
The sea flows
Back
Original
Undir tungli
Undir himni
Geng ek
Fram
Jǫrð er
Undir mér
Himinn er
Yfir mér
English translation
Beneath the moon
Beneath the sky
I walk
Forward
The earth is
Beneath me
The sky is
Above me
Original
Ek geng
Enn
English translation
I walk
On
Original
Dagr er eigi
Enn kominn
En himinn
Verðr bjartr
Fyrst er hann
Grár
Síðan er hann
Blár
Þá rís
Sól
English translation
Day has not
Yet come
But the sky
Grows bright
At first it is
Grey
Then it is
Blue
Then the sun
Rises
Original
Sól skín
Á sæ
Steinar skína
Á strǫndu
Fuglar rísa
Af jǫrðu
Vindr vaknar
Ek geng
Fram
English translation
The sun shines
On the sea
Stones shine
On the shore
Birds rise
From the earth
The wind awakens
I walk
Forward
Original
Eitt hǫgg
Eitt spor
Annat hǫgg
Annat spor
Vatn ferr
Fram
Vatn ferr
Aptr
Ek geng
Fram
English translation
One beat
One step
Another beat
Another step
Water flows
Forward
Water flows
Back
I walk
Forward
Original
Flóð rís
Flóð fellr
Sær fellr
Á land
Flóð rís
Flóð fellr
Sær ferr
Aptr
English translation
The tide rises
The tide falls
The sea breaks
Upon the land
The tide rises
The tide falls
The sea flows
Back
Original
Undir tungli
Undir himni
Geng ek
Fram
Jǫrð er
Undir mér
Himinn er
Yfir mér
English translation
Beneath the moon
Beneath the sky
I walk
Forward
The earth is
Beneath me
The sky is
Above me
Original
Ek geng
Enn
English translation
I walk
On
Original
Flóð er
Aldri kyrt
Sær er
Aldri kyrr
Vindr ferr
Vatn ferr
Nótt líðr
Dagr kemr
English translation
The tide is
Never still
The sea is
Never still
The wind moves
Water flows
Night passes
Day comes
Original
Ek vil eigi
Standa kyrr
Ek geng
Fram
English translation
I do not want to
Stand still
I walk
Forward
Original
Flóð rís
Flóð fellr
Sær fellr
Á land
Flóð rís
Flóð fellr
Sær ferr
Aptr
English translation
The tide rises
The tide falls
The sea breaks
Upon the land
The tide rises
The tide falls
The sea flows
Back
Original
Sól rís
Vindr vaknar
Fuglar fljúga
Yfir sæ
Jǫrð er
Undir mér
Himinn er
Yfir mér
English translation
The sun rises
The wind awakens
Birds fly
Over the sea
The earth is
Beneath me
The sky is
Above me
Original
Ek geng
Milli jarðar
Ok himins
Flóð rís
Flóð fellr
Ek geng
Enn
English translation
I walk
Between earth
And sky
The tide rises
The tide falls
I walk
On
Original
Flóð rís
Flóð fellr
Flóð rís
Flóð fellr
Ek geng
Fram
Ek geng
Fram
Ek geng
Enn
English translation
The tide rises
The tide falls
The tide rises
The tide falls
I walk
Forward
I walk
Forward
I walk
On
Inside the song
Story & meaning
Moonlight rests on water that keeps arriving at the shore and drawing away. Flóð Rís stays close to that recurring motion. The tide rises, the tide falls, and a walker moves beside it, with a heartbeat keeping time between earth and sky.
Daylight comes through gradual changes: grey gives way to blue, sunlight reaches the stones, and birds lift over the sea. Returning waves belong to the same movement as advancing water. There is comfort in that continuity. The walk can find its own pace alongside the tide, through each return and each new beginning.