Iceland

Lofsöngur

(Song of Praise)

Original Icelandic Words

Ó, guð vors lands! Ó, land vors guðs,

vér lofum þitt heilaga, heilaga nafn,

úr sólkerfum himnanna hnýta þér krans

þínir herskarar, tímanna safn.

Fyrir þér er einn dagur sem þúsund ár

og þúsund ár dagur, ei meir:

eitt eilífðar smáblóm með titrandi tár,

sem tilbiður guð sinn og deyr.

Íslands þúsund ár,

eitt eilífðar smáblóm með titrandi tár,

sem tilbiður guð sinn og deyr.

English:

O God of our land, O our land’s God,

We worship thy holy, holy name.

From the solar systems of the heavens

bind for you a wreath

Your warriors, the assembly of the ages.

For thee is one day as a thousand years,

And a thousand years a day and no more,

One small flower of eternity with a quivering tear,

That prays to its God and dies.

Iceland’s thousand years, Iceland’s thousand years,

One small flower of eternity with a quivering tear,

That prays to its God and dies.