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Op zoek naar joik (waarover een andere keer meer) op You Tube kwam ik dit bijzondere lied tegen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP_Iee-D4U4
(Helaas lukt het me niet dit filmpje te plaatsen, vandaar de link.)

Het is een lied van Eivør Pálsdóttir - Heyr Himna Smiður.
Ik wist niet wie het zong en waarover het ging. Wel was me duidelijk dat het een IJslands lied was. Op Wikipedia heb ik het een en ander gevonden. Hoewel het een oud christelijk lied blijkt, laat ik het hier toch horen omdat ik het zo bijzonder mooi gezongen vind.

Prettig weekend.


Eivør Pálsdóttir (Syðrugøta, 21 juli 1983) is een Faeröerse zangeres en songwriter. Eivør was vanaf 1999 lid van de Faeröerse rockband Clickhaze maar begon daarnaast ook een solocarrière onder de naam Eivør. Ze zingt in het Faeröers, IJslands, Engels, Noors en Zweeds.
Aanvankelijk zong ze Faeröerse volksliederen en balladen, maar vervolgens heeft ze haar repertoire enorm uitgebreid en zingt nu in een groot aantal van verschillende muziekstijlen en genres, zoals rock, jazz, folk, pop en zelfs klassieke muziek). Een groot deel van de door haar gezongen liederen zijn eigen composities. Ze zelf beschrijft haar stijl op enkele dvd's met Ethno/Jazz of Country/Roots.
 
Kolbeinn Tumason (1173–1208) was a member of the Ásbirningar family clan, and was one of the most powerful chieftains (goði) in Iceland around the turn of the 12th century. His power was probably at its height around 1200 AD. Kolbeinn used his influence to ensure that men in his favour received positions of power within the clergy, amongst them bishop Guðmundur Arason. Guðmundur, unbeknownst to Kolbeinn, proved to be an advocate of clerical independence and resented interference from the secular goði chieftains. The two were soon at odds. In 1208, Kolbeinn and his followers attacked Guðmundur and his supporters in Hjaltadalur by Víðines. The ensuing battle is known as the Battle of Víðines. Kolbeinn died in the conflict, his head bashed in with a rock.
Notwithstanding his opposition to bishop Guðmundur, sources indicate that Kolbeinn was a devoutly religious man of some education. He is best known for composing the hymn Heyr himna smiður (English: "Hear, Heavenly Creator") on his deathbed. It is now a classic and often-sung Icelandic hymn. The song, which accompanies the text was composed by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson, over 700 years later. The original text is presented here with 19th-century Icelandic spelling and a rough, literal translation into English.

Heyr, himna smiður, hvers skáldið biður. Komi mjúk til mín miskunnin þín. Því heit eg á þig, þú hefur skaptan mig. Eg er þrællinn þinn, þú ert drottinn minn. Guð, heit eg á þig, að þú græðir mig. Minnst þú, mildingur, mín, mest þurfum þín. Ryð þú, röðla gramur, ríklyndur og framur, hölds hverri sorg úr hjartaborg. Gæt þú, mildingur, mín, mest þurfum þín, helzt hverja stund á hölda grund. Send þú, meyjar mögur, málsefnin fögur, öll er hjálp af þér, í hjarta mér.

Listen, smith of the heavens, what the poet asks. May softly come unto me your mercy. So I call on thee, for you have created me. I am thy slave, you are my Lord. God, I call on thee to heal me. Remember me, mild one, (or mild king. This is a pun on the word mildingur). Most we need thee. Drive out, O king of suns, generous and great, every human sorrow from the city of the heart. Watch over me, mild one, Most we need thee, truly every moment in the world of men. send us, son of the virgin, good causes, all aid is from thee, in my heart.