Krummi svaf í klettagjá

Krummi svaf í klettagjá
by Jón Thoroddsen
Score of the folk song associated with the poem
Written	~ 1850
Language	Icelandic
Form	AABCCB
Lines	30
Krummi svaf í klettagjá at Icelandic Wikisource

"Krummi svaf í klettagjá" is a traditional Icelandic rhyming poem by Jón Thoroddsen about a raven. The poem was written in the middle of the 19th century and is in 6 line stanzas of AABCCB form. In Iceland it is often repeated as part of a well known folk song[1][2]

The opening verse can be roughly translated as follows:

Krummi svaf í klettagjá,
kaldri vetrarnóttu á,
—verður margt að meini
Fyrr en dagur fagur rann,
freðið nefið dregur hann
—undan stórum steini.

The raven sleeps among the stones
on a cold winter night.
—(There is much to be said)
Before the passage of a fine day
He pulls his nose
—from a large rock.

References

1. "The Complete Guide to Birds in Iceland and Bird Watching ..." Guide to Iceland. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
2. "Krummavísur: Krummi svaf í klettagjá", Tíminn, 4 March 1992

External links

• Media related to Krummi svaf í klettagjá at Wikimedia Commons