Translation of the song Átjan artist Eivør

Faroese

Átjan

English translation

Eighteen

Tú ert enn so dárandi ung

You are so enduringly young

- sum nýborið vár,

-like a newborn spring,

ið vitjar heimin

that visits the world

á sólgyltum flytifuglaveingjum

upon sun-gilt fluttering wings of birds

- tú ert einans átjan ung ár.

- you are only eighteen years young.

Tú ert enn so eggjandi rein

You are so piercingly pure

- hevur ongum veitt sár,

- you have no wounds

ið bløðir í loynd,

that bleed in secret,

á sólgyltum flytifuglaveingjum

upon sun-gilt fluttering wings of birds

- tú ert einans átjan ung ár.

- you are only eighteen years young.

Tú ert enn so eggjandi rein

You are yet so piercingly pure

- sum perlandi tár,

- like pearling tears,

sum døgg hin, ið skírdi

like that dew, which cleansed

vársins fyrstsprotnu nálir

spring's first-sprung needles

- tú ert einans átjan ung ár.

- you are only eighteen years young.

Tú ert enn so dárandi ung

You are so enduringly young

- sum nýborið vár,

- like a newborn spring

ið vitjar heimin

that visits the world

á sólgyltum flytifuglaveingjum

upon sun-gilt fluttering wings of birds

- tú ert einans átjan ung ár.

- you are only eighteen years young.

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