Krummavísa

Krummavísa (English: Raven Verse) or Krummi krunkar úti (English: A Raven Croaks Outside) is an Icelandic folk song or nursery rhyme. The song was published in 1906 in the book Íslenzk þjóðlög (English: Icelandic folk songs) by Bjarni Þorsteinsson. Bjarni learned it the song from Ólafur Davíðsson, who in turn learned it as a child in Sléttuhlíð.^[1]

Krummi krunkar úti,
kallar á nafna sinn.
Ég fann höfuð af hrúti,
hrygg og gæruskinn.
Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
krummi nafni minn.

A raven croaks outside,
calling out for his name-sake.
I found a head of a ram,
his spine and skin.
Come now and pick at it with me,
Krummi my name-sake.^[2]

References

^ Þorsteinsson, Bjarni (1906). Íslenzk þjóðlög. Copenhagen: Siglufjarðarprentsmiðja. p. 510.
^ Icelandic Folk Song - Krummi krunkar úti on YouTube

[1] Þorsteinsson, Bjarni (1906). Íslenzk þjóðlög. Copenhagen: Siglufjarðarprentsmiðja. p. 510.

[2] Icelandic Folk Song - Krummi krunkar úti on YouTube

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