Hera - Stúlkan sem starir á hafið

Song performed at Bubbi Morthens 06.06.06 concert in Iceland, song by Bubbi Morthens, performed by Hera Hjartardóttir

[@mariubjallakata3685]

i have lived as an exchange student in Iceland for a year. It was rather a life than a year. I have never been so homesick as I am for Iceland, and Hallormsstaður. It had been six years since I have been there, but since, every night I dream about being there, being with my Icelandic host family, with the friends i made there. My partner even caught me talking in Icelandic while I slept the other night. I cant spend a day without feeling that longing to be back already. If not at night, then it peaks at the morning. I wish i could just go back.

[@zsofiadoravarkonyi]

I feel you. I've benne there for a bit more than 2 years. I moved back home 11 years ago. Ön the flight back home I was crying like a little kid, and ever since I feel homesick... 😢

[@haddyhuna]

The girl who stares at the ocean. I came to the village one night in the sommer twelve o'clock in midnight-sun . I got a room in a fiskcamp, it seemed okay with sink, table and chair. In the morning I went out on the street to see The old machine ling on the ground . I saw a house that had a history and some were dying it sifted from the windows blood. There is a girl staring at the ocean Paralyzed with eyes cloudy. .She stands all night staring at the ocean wide eyes, a bit swayback. I saw her dancing with sad green eyes dance like she was not here. She seemed to drift around, in her closed world locked to me and you. Who she was, I did not know but everyone I asked who walked past. Until I was told that one black winter the sea had taken her man away from her. There is a girl staring at the ocean Paralyzed with eyes cloudy. .She stands all night staring at the ocean wide eyes, a bit swayback. These staring eyes, autumn green as the sea I watched the depths one evening. They reflected something that only the sea understood sadly, seductive and cold. Up in the hammer she stood and stared across the fjord sometimes she knee down in the angelica. There she stretched out the wind and her wild eyes cry while hope disappeared again. This summer was beautiful, I got enough work It fished and the times were good. But I stood and thought and stared out the window about the girl who was thought to be crazy. One night I jumped op into horror and understood what was crawling in my heart. What seemed to be at first only the curiosity of the heart had found love here. There is a girl staring at the ocean Paralyzed with eyes cloudy. .She stands all night staring at the ocean wide eyes, a bit swayback. The next day I left the first car which moved me south on my way. I never looked back, I cursed in silence and in the breast there was something burning. when I read it in a news that a boat has been lost hen an image appears in my mind. As she stands and stares at the ocean staring until the light is gone. There is a girl staring at the ocean Paralyzed with eyes cloudy. .She stands all night staring at the ocean wide eyes, a bit swayback.

[@arielbenitez98]

Ignore me just posting lyrics for myself: Ég kom í þorpið kvöld eitt um sumar Klukkan tólf í miðnætursól, ég fékk herbergi upp á verbúð, það virtist í lagi Með vask, borði og stól. Um morguninn gekk ég út á götuna að skoða, Sá gömul vélhræ liggja útá lóð, ég sá hús sem áttu sögu og sum voru að deyja, það seytlaði ú gluggunum blóð. Það er stelpa sem starir á hafið Stjörf með augun mött Hún stendur öll kvöld og starir á hafið Stóreyg, dáldið fött. Ég sá hana dansa með döpur græn augu, Dansa líkt og hún væri ekki hér, Hún virtist líða um í sínum lokaða heimi, Læstum fyrir þér og mér. Hver hún var vissi ég ekki en alla ég spurði Sem áttu leið þar hjá þar til mér var sagt að einn svartan vetur Hefði sjórinn tekið manninn henni frá. Þetta er stelpan sem starir á hafið Stjörf með augun mött Hún stendur öll kvöld og starir á hafið Stóreyg, dáldið fött. Þessi starandi augu, haustgræn sem hafið, ég horfði ofan í djúpið eitt kvöld, þau spegluðu eitthvað sem aðeins hafið skildi Angurvær, tælandi og köld. Uppi á hamrinum stóð hún og starði yfir fjörðinn Stundum kraup hún hvönninni í, þar teygaði hún vindinn og villt augun grétu Meðan vonin hvarf henni á ný. Þetta er stelpan sem starir á hafið Stjörf með augun mött Hún stendur öll kvöld og starir á hafið Stóreyg, dáldið fött. Þetta sumar var fallegt, ég fékk nóg að vinna, það fiskaðist og tíðin var góð. En ég stóð og hugsaði og starði út um glugga Um stelpuna sem var talin óð. Eina nótt hrökk ég upp í skelfingu og skildi Hvað skreið um í hjarta mér. Það sem virtist vera í fyrstu bara forvitni hjartans Hafði fundið ástina hér. Í stelpunni sem starir á hafið Stjörf með augun mött Hún stendur öll kvöld og starir á hafið Stóreyg, dáldið fött. Daginn eftir fór ég með fyrsta bílnum Sem flutti mig suður á leið. Ég leit aldrei til baka, ég bölvaði í hljóði Og í brjóstinu var eitthvað sem sveið. Er ég les það í blaði að bátur hafi farist þá birtist mynd í huga mér þar sem hún stendur og starir á hafið Starir þar til birtu þver. Ég man stelpuna sem starði á hafið Stjörf með augun mött Hún stendur öll kvöld og starir á hafið Stóreyg, dáldið fött.

[@ronlu2952]

Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏

[@jeanbaptisterommel6212]

I am one of the first fan in a pub in New zealand 10 years ago.

[@linajurgensen4698]

I really wanna learn icelandic!❤️ Greets from Germany!😊

[@asabval]

It's not a tattoo, just a drawing that has some personal meaning to her and if you have followed her you will have seen it evolve as she has through the year. It is a celebration of her Celtic heritage as well as the native people of her adoptive homeland New Zealand.

[@Braeazigazi]

Very nice language! Greetings from Hungary!

[@mariubjallakata3685]

Braeazigazi Já... kveðjur frá Umgverjalandi!

[@specialmmm85]

I heard it on the Polish radio last week, I'm so happy to find it here and listen to this beautiful song!

[@حكاياتايلات]

love icelandic music.

[@cadarado425]

here you go

[@JuanJoseGallardoG]

Really beautiful song. My native language is Spanish and although I don't understand the lyrics, it transmits something indescribable to me. I wish someday to visit Iceland, my favorite country in the world. Greetings from Ecuador 🇪🇨, South America ❤️

[@herasings]

♡

[@JamoonaRai]

Wow ! You sing really well ! Wonderful ! I love it ! You have a beautiful voice ! You could speak a beautiful languge ! That makes me jealous ! I really want to know what is this song talking about !

[@catboymonstrosity]

Ég er ástfangin af þessu koveri. Ég vil að þetta sé spilað endalaust í jarðaförinni minni. Og í brúðkaupinu mínu. Og alltaf þegar ég á afmæli. Kannski er þetta dálítið skrítið en eitthvað í sálinni minni tengist svo mikið við hinsegin tónana í þessari útgáfu. Það bætir ennþá fleiri tilfinningum í lag sem er nú þegar svo yfirfullt af þeim og ég elska það svo, svo mikið.En nú skal ég þaga. Þ:

[@HASQ779]

you are so right and you should say it

[@pjesapjes]

vá. svo mikið sama hér. ég er alinn uppúr sjómannsætt og margir af þeim dóu á sjónum. bæði frá slysförum eða útaf stríði. ég kynntist ekki pabba fyrr en hann hætti á sjó og nafnið mitt kemur frá frænda mínum sem dó á skipi sem þýskur kafbátur sökkti.

[@njaln]

Sera vakurt lag!! Bestu heilsur úr Føroyum!

[@HugSkaltuDeila]

@gfxdsigner thank you! so much better when its synched

[@orsteinneggertsson7081]

Getum verið stolt af Heru. Þvílíkur performer

[@sergbazhenov]

Super! Здорово! Жаль, у меня сложности с переводом)))

[@Rohan90197]

Ich versteh kein einziges Wort. Aber es hört sich SUPER an.

[@Illusionentochter]

Geht mir genauso :)

[@Rohan90197]

Illusionentochter Dann sollten wir mal Isländisch Lernen hm?

[@Illusionentochter]

Gute Idee :D Ich fang aber erstmal mit faröerisch an, Vorbild: Eivør Palsdottir, die Sängerin ;)

[@Rohan90197]

Illusionentochter Die Sprachen sind sich sehr ähnlich, ich glaub das geht Simultan.

[@marcusaurelius5837]

Rohan90197 Ég kom í þorpið kvöld eitt um sumar klukkan tólf í miðnætursól Ég fékk herbergi upp á verbúð, það virtist í lagi með vask, borði og stól. I came to the town one evening in summer, 12 midnight in the midnight sun, I took a room in a fisherman's hut, it seemed okay with sink, table and chair Um morguninn gekk ég út á götuna að skoða sá gömul vélhræ liggja út á lóð. Ég sá hús sem áttu sögu og sum voru að deyja það seytlaði úr gluggunum blóð. About morning I got out to the road to see one old wreck laying out on the yard. I saw a house which had stories about some that died, The windows trickled with blood. Refrain: (Það er stelpa sem starir á hafið stjörf með augun mött. Hún stendur öll kvöld og starir á hafið stóreyg, dálítið fött. There is a girl who stares at the sea, Rigid, with gleaming eyes, She stands all evening and stares at the sea, Her bulging eyes, protruding eyes.) Ég sá hana dansa með döpur græn augu dansa líkt og hún væri ekki hér. Hún virtist líða um í sínum lokaða heimi læstum fyrir mér og þér. I saw her dancing with sad green eyes, Dancing like she wasn't here See seemed to float about in her closed up world, locked from me and you Hver hún var vissi ég ekki en alla ég spurði sem áttu leið þar hjá. Þar til mér var sagt að einn svartan vetur hefði sjórinn tekið manninn henni frá. I was not sure who she was, despite asking everyone who was passing by They told me that (with) one black wind the sea had taken her man from her (Refrain) Þessi starandi augu, haustgræn sem hafið ég horfði ofan í djúpið eitt kvöld. Þau spegluðu eitthvað sem aðeins hafið skildi angurvært, tælandi og köld. These staring eyes, authumn-green like the sea, I watched down in the depth one evening, They reflect something that only the sea understood sad, untrue and cold Uppi á hamrinum stóð hún og starði yfir fjörðinn stundum kraup hún hvönninni í. Þar teygaði hún vindinn og villt augun grétu meðan vonin hvarf henni á ný. Up on a cliff she stood and stared over the bay sometimes she kneeled among the Angelica, There she gulped the wind and lost eyes in tears, while her hopes disappeared again Þetta sumar var fallegt, ég fékk nóg að vinna það fiskaðist og tíðin var góð. En ég stóð og hugsaði og starði út um glugga um stelpuna sem var talin óð. This summer was beautiful, I took enough from work, The fishing and weather was good. But I stood thinking and staring out the window at the woman who was believe to be mad Eina nótt hrökk ég upp í skelfingu og skildi hvað skreið um í hjarta mér. Það sem virtist í fyrstu bara forvitni hjartans hafði fundið ástina hér. One night I jumped up in terror and understood what crawled about in my heart. That which seemed at first just a curious heart had found true love here, (Refrain) Daginn eftir fór ég með fyrsta bílnum sem flutti mig suður á leið. Ég leit aldrei til baka, ég bölvaði í hljóði og í brjóstinu var eitthvað sem sveið. The day after I went with the first car which carried me south on the road I never went back, I cursed in silence and smiling was something which burned Er ég les það í blaði að bátur hafi farist þá birtist mynd í huga mér. Þar sem hún stendur og starir á hafið starir þar til birtu þver. I am reading it in the paper that a boat has gone Then an picture came to mind, Where she stood and stared at the sea Staring till break of dawn

[@lolcat23]

Ah, someone with a sense of humor

[@elizakupruka226]

this song is so beautiful although i donot know what that song is about. i am from latvia and i love icelandic music.

[@almartyrharaldsson8654]

its about a man who falls in love with a woman who went mad with grief about her husband who died at sea, she stands all evenings staring at the sea and when the man realisis his live for her He goes away.

[@حكاياتايلات]

love icelandic music.

[@jochum334]

its called "Stúlkan sem starði á hafið" which means "The girl that stared at the ocean" Its about a guy, the singer, (who's male, this is a tribute) coming to a small village to work and sees a girl who stares at the ocean.

[@progneeber]

I found a piano version on Spotify, I shared it with friends who love this song and found this video. Wonderful stuff.

[@xXxZayanaxXx]

It is Icelandic, I come from there and I love this song! I think she does it better than Bubbi who did this song first.

[@mistylikes]

I love it when people are insulting and negative, and then when they tick people off, they say, "I'm entitled to my opinion!" Guess what? So is EVERYONE ELSE, and their opinion is that you suck. That's how freedom of speech works. You have the freedom to be an ass, but everyone else has the freedom to tell you that you're an ass.

[@calisira8506]

Kopf kratz 😊versteh nixx aber sehr schöne Stimme und schöne Sprache

[@wetterfrosch1984]

Lern isländisch ;-) Ich verstehe das meiste, "stúlkan sem starir á hafið" heißt übersetzt "das Mädchen, das aufs Meer starrt". Muss es noch 2-3x hören, um alles zu verstehen

[@wetterfrosch1984]

Ist ein sehr trauriges Lied, wenn man isl. versteht. Kommt selten vor, dass ein Lied mich zu Tränen rührt, aber das tut es...

[@annwanjiku4256]

Das klingt stimmt!

[@shukhrat100]

such a beutiful voice and melody.

[@cadarado425]

That summer was beautiful, I got enough work, the fishing and weather was good, and I stood and thought, and watched out the window, at the girl that they talked about. One night I awoke, with shivers and clearity of what crawed into my heart. what brightened first, was a curious heart, I found love here with the girl that stares at the sea, works her powerful eyes She stands all night, and stares at the sea Big innocent silence

[@SomeCallMeJille]

I'v got no idea what she sings about, but the melody and her voice are in a beautiful harmony Love the tattoo, too ;)

[@zookwick]

This is absolutely amazing. I've never heard of her before. Icelandic is such a beautiful language. It's sad how us Swedes has "ruined" our language.

[@k3lzmate492]

nau mai haere mai ki Aotearoa,welcome to nwe zealand,listen to you voice radio rnz jesse tino ataahua waiata,

[@herasings]

♡

[@GeorgeBerger6969]

icelandic is one of the oldest language that is still a national language of a nation. many germanic language derive from icelandic and it is the oldest of the scandinavian language

[@Thorum13]

So moving. So beautiful...

[@rlkheverly1189]

þis is kühl

[@falscherbruce5522]

This is great! Stop singing in English!

[@lolcat23]

swedish is close to icelandic. not the other way around :) Icelandic = basicly the language spoken in norway at 1200(since then, the norwegians have ruined it) and that goes back to around 700, then swedes and norwegians spoke the same language. So icelandic is as pure a nordic language as you can get. Ergo : its Icelandic which is the model. and swedish the mongrel :P

[@lolcat23]

@taxi911 What about them? Danish has lost many words(computer!!) but other then that its pretty "clean", ofc the pronounciation is pretty fucked up, but that we knew :P. Faeroese i dont know a lot about, except that it seems to be 50/50 icelandic/danish, but like i said, thats just a guess cause i know almost nothing about faeroese.

[@rulav]

people that is from Iceland can still read icelandic that is over 1000 yers old.. and we still younder stand most peopel from most people from sweden denmark feyrijar sweden denmark norwgen and same for them it is called Scandinavian

[@zamlef]

Can a icelandic person help me with this question, i seemed to hear a part in the when song " she stared over the fjord"? did i hear right. some words i can hear becuase its close to swedish

[@cadarado425]

Here is the translation I arrived in the village, on a summer evening, Twellve-o-clock in the midnight sun. I got a deal on a room, that must be OK, with a sink, table and chairs. In the morning I walked, to the streets, an saw an old machine laying out on the ground, saw some houses for sale, some that were dying, and something in the window that glowed.

[@palmi2399]

@taxi911 Faeroese is allmost like icelandic - alltho the closer to thorshavn you go the more danish there is spoken, Danish is similar but it's changing so fast, not the same danish there was even 200 years ago - its changing very fast. Icelandic has been kept similar since the start. I can kinda understand Faeroese but the closer they live to Thorshavn the more danish they speak, I'm Icelandic and they can understand me aswell.

[@tjaldsen1988]

@lolcat23 I sooo do agree with you on that. I just wish my boyfriend could see it that way. He's danish and don't like the icelandic language or Iceland it self.. but still he's toghether with an icelandic girl, doesn't make any sence to me ;)

[@ulfurin]

dette er originalt ein sang av bubbi morthens.ein stor lokal sanger fra island.og han synger om ei jente som mistet mannen sin til sjøen.og når han synger om fyrsta bilnum så meiner han buss.det går ingen ferger på island.

[@ulfurin]

nynorsk.men hvis det er sangen du mener så er den på islandsk

[@RealmOfChaosAndNight]

det er noko gale med nynorsken din då trur eg...

[@cadarado425]

They next day I left with the next car south, I never looked back, I cursed under my breath. But in my chest was something that hurt Of the boat that was lost, and vision came to my thoughts why she stands, and stares to the sea. Stares to a brighter ?? Thats the girl that stares at the sea, works her powerful eyes She stands all night, and stares at the sea Big innocent silence

[@lolcat23]

Success =/= proof of quality. Wanna look at McDonalds? There are a lot of things wrong with me. Luckily, liking Bubbi isnt one of them!

[@cadarado425]

Thats the girl that stares at the sea, works her powerful eyes She stands all night, and stares at the sea Big innocent silence These staring eyes, autumn green as the sea, watched on to the deep one night. They mirrored something that once was understood. Up on the cliffs she stood and stared into the fjord, sometimes creeped the woman inside. It's a type of wind, and wild eyes crindge, with hope that she'd dissapear within.

[@OlorinVictorsson]

That's true. I got an Icelander friend and she told me tha tshe doesn't likes reading Old Norse because she finds it weird and the sentences confusing. Bless frá Mexio!

[@helgasonbjarmi2445]

Frábær rödd, snilldar tónlistarkona, fullkominn texti og þú átt meira recognition skiliđ elsku Hera

[@HeimirJosefsson]

Er íslenskur... but the swedish didn't destroy your language. Don't even know which language! Why do many high rated comments?

[@ennaeBB]

Hej, what you meant by hyvönninni would be correctly HVÖNN (in the lyrics hvönnini) a flower species (Angelica archangelica).

[@ThoraJonsdottir]

Notes for this song??? I will look.

[@cobro2]

What happen to her ? Icelandic here , Warrior in the U.S Military.

[@thomasyogayoiii3759]

De toute évidence

[@MsTeritube]

Thank you, jochum334. I guess i must have known something about this on some level, my desktop background is a pic of me facing the pacific in Long Beach,Ca. last summer. I miss the ocean.

[@TheSalamandra95]

heeey veit eikkver hvað lagið heitir og hverng eg get fundið það það hljomar eikkvernvegin svona --- átti sér ljóð og leindarmál hún leindi því vel vð vissum ekkert þá, borðaði blóm og stríddi stelpunum en sagði ekki neitt nema stundum dararamm dararamm darararararamm --- hera singur það :D plz ekkver

[@hjolinn]

veit tad du ekki tetta er nu svona half partinn svona stelpu lag... en tad er eitt sem pirrar mig gg mikid tad er tad ad hljodid er langt a eftir

[@MsTeritube]

This is so beautiful, it stirs my soul. Can anyone tell me where to find an english translation, or at least what the song is about please?

[@Lensah23]

I DON'T UNDERSTAND A WORD - BUT I LOVE IT. WHAT A WONDERFUL VOICE - LIKE A BARD OF OLD

[@GeorgeBerger6969]

please learn english before you write in english svona ef þú skildir þetta ekki lærðu ensku áður en þú skrifar hana fuck og successful

[@solaskinner]

My guess he norwegian. :) Sidan normenn voru undir svium en eru nu eiginlega danar sem hafa "eidilagt" norskuna but oh well. (sorry eg er hrædileg i ad skrufa islendsku)

[@robciorobinpoland2449]

amazing :) moody....

[@mahukalamata]

haha im related to her she was at my summerhouse last weekend after playing in london

[@MellenBerger]

you do know it is a tattoo? and don't go off yet....it is only a question...

[@nemjee]

I am in love with her as much as i am wit Iceland!!! Eg elska Hera og Island;)

[@lothos150]

try out guitarparty and type the name and it will icom ;P

[@Mapojk]

@IcelandicGirl1273 I bet whole Island is... if you know what I mean :P

[@ferdinandhudson]

Yup, a dying breed but as long as there is humour there is hope. :-)

[@hfb17]

mint! Love the warpaint :)

[@Hoddz]

Verð nú bara ða segja að mér finnst þetta flottar hjá Heru en hjá Bubba :)

[@solaskinner]

Hef nu buid i utløndum sidan eg var 7 1/2.. finst skritid ad eg kan ad forma ord.. ivir høfud.

[@trex250]

Opinions are like ass holes. Everybody has got one.

[@Luiginnn]

@lolcat23 Swedish and icelandic is not the same...

[@yassinebouhia7323]

❤heida Ros ❤

[@cutie1991]

Are you not Icelandic? There are many errors...

[@masterhroi98]

afhverju eru meiri ensk fólk að commenta frekar enn íslendingar...?

[@machhova]

this is a very nice version of this great number - love it

[@sigfusmar8745]

Þetta er bara fallegt

[@MrGandalf11]

esto no tiene traducción al español? :(

[@Pomme843]

Herlig stemme, herlig språk og herlig jinte, men la oss innse det; kvennfolk kan ei spella gittar.

[@taxi911]

@lolcat23 what about Faeroese & Danish?

[@Vampi-el8ys]

það er fallegur ljoð

[@Vampi-el8ys]

afsakaðu...eg er að læra islensku...

[@Monsi7]

gangi þér vel :)

[@aGeilini]

lol. you got that right.

[@ynra]

It's actually a tattoo... O.o

[@manuela7674]

Gracias por tu canción.

[@cadarado425]

Nope. I'm a Kani. I tried my best.

[@Ariovistvs]

Actually the danes ruined it :P

[@jblondal]

@TheSalamandra95 Dararamm

[@Антрацит-й3л]

Hera is one of the best! Afram, Iceland!))

[@Gudbjorg33]

Please fix the timing!!!!!!!

[@AJ_Whitney]

Yeah, me too. I love this song.

[@vindheimar2631]

Ég fer allt af tár í auga þegar ég heyrir þetta lag

[@agatamozwilo9432]

rosa flott :D

[@zamlef]

det stämmer precis, tack så mycket för svaret.

[@Kig75]

yeah you heard it right

[@MateuszBudi]

It`s beautiful !!!Very nice song!

[@BetaboyBuffet]

ditch the make up stylist

[@spitballmaster]

it's not a tattoo people!

[@ASHZUH]

english lyric?

[@Luiginnn]

@lolcat23 shuss

[@Kingchrisdonaldson]

WOW go hera!

[@gunnaromars6744]

hún er helvíti góð