Monday, January 28, 2008

Sigur Ros' takk: a found poem

track titles
icelandic | english translation | english pronunciation

takk | thank you | tahk [long a, as in "father"]
glósóli | glowing sole | glow-soul-ih [i as in "hit]
hoppípolla | hopping into puddles | hopp-ee-poddla [both o's are long, as in "aw". a is short in "man"]
með blóðnasir | i have a nosebleed | meth blothe-nasir [th as in "breathe". a is long as in "father"]
sé lest | i see a train | s-ye lest [ye as in "yet"]
sæglópur | lost at sea | sie-glope-urr [sie as in "tie". urr as in purr, r's rolled]
mílanó | milan | milano [accent on first syllable]
gong | gong | gong
andvari | zephyr | andvari [accent on first syllable. both a's are short like "man"]
svo hljótt | so quietly | svo hl-yote [o in "svo" is long as in "saw"]
heysátan | haystack | heys-ow-dan ["ow" as in "owl". a is short as in "man]

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