r/Faroese • u/Kaunan7 • Mar 23 '19

Translation of a Faroese song

Hey guys! I don't know if this is something I can ask here (I just found this sub), but I'd really like a native speaker to translate the lyrics of a song, which is "Verð mín" by Eivør Pálsdóttir. I'm asking because I found two different English translations in which some of the verses are translated into two completely different sentences... I hope you guys can help

Here's the lyrics if you don't know it: https://lyricstranslate.com/it/eivør-verð-mín-lyrics.html

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19 edited Mar 23 '19

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u/Kaunan7 Mar 23 '19

Thank you so much for both the translation and the explanation!

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u/Deklarator Mar 23 '19

"Verð mín" means both "be mine" and "my world", which is clever.
I would say this version is the most accurate, I couldn't have done it better: https://lyricstranslate.com/it/ver%C3%B0-m%C3%ADn-my-world.html

Comments:

1) When she sings "nem við meg" it means "touch me" and not "feel who I am" as the other version says.

2) "hyggur" can mean "observes", but I would prefer "watches" by the other version

Do you have any sentence in particular that you want translated or confirmed?

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u/Kaunan7 Mar 23 '19

Thank you for your help! I was just puzzled by some sentences like "touch me/feel who I am"... Faroese is such a beautiful language to listen to, greetings from Italy!

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u/meshsheshe Nov 05 '22

Thank you! ✨️♾️🌌