#tímabundinn

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Fjallabræður - Tímabundinn (Time-bound) - transcript/translation

Requested by anon! This is a song about the passage of time, and I had never heard it before but I actually like it a lot. Thanks for introducing me to it!

Icelandic transcript

Hann brestur á og þýtur hjá á leið frá því sem áður var til þess sem er og með sér ber þá stund sem líður hér og þar Hún kemur til rétt um það bil sem hér og nú í tíma er Svo staldrar við þó löng sé bið eitt augnablik sem fer

Svo tifar tíð um ár og síð og telur hvert eitt spor með þér Við fótmál hvert er þakkarvert(?) hvað aflar dag sem ég á hér (?) Svo skilur við sú stundarbið og eitthvað út í buskann fer Ég eftir sit við fundarslit og tímabundinn er

Áfram, áfram Áfram bíður tíminn eftir mér

Áfram, áfram tíminn líður Endalaust hann fer

Hann brestur á og þýtur hjá á leið frá því sem áður var til þess sem er og með sér ber þá stund sem líður hér og þar Hún kemur til rétt um það bil sem hér og nú í tíma er Svo staldrar við þó löng sé bið eitt augnablik sem fer

Áfram, áfram Áfram bíður tíminn eftir mér

Áfram, áfram tíminn líður Endalaust hann fer

Kominn Farinn fyrr en varir Enn á ný er mættur á mig starir

Þó svo aldrei lengi staldri við hér með mér allt að gamals aldri

Ungur (ungur) ég sé (ég sé) hvíldi (hvíldi) forðum (forðum) Mitt á (mitt á) milli (milli) enn í (enn í) föstum skorðum (skorðum)

Kominn (kominn) Farinn (farinn) Fyrr en (fyrr en) varir (varir) Enn á (enn á) ný er (ný er) mættur (mættur) á mig starir (starir)

Áfram, áfram Áfram bíður tíminn eftir mér

Áfram, áfram tíminn líður Endalaust hann fer

(Áfram) Áfram bíður tíminn eftir mér

Áfram, áfram tíminn líður Endalaust hann fer

Transcription notes

Just a couple of lines I'm not quite sure of here, but I think I've got something that more or less makes sense.

English translation

It comes on and rushes past away from all that was before towards what is and carries with it the moment that passes here and there It comes around just around the time that's here and now in time Then, though the wait is long, one moment stops by and goes

Thus time ticks for years and years counting every step with you With every step I'm grateful(?) for what gives me the day I have (?) Then that brief wait departs as well and disappears into the distance I'm left sitting at the end of the meeting, bound by time

On and on, on and on On and on time waits for me

On and on, on and on time goes by Endlessly it goes

It comes on and rushes past away from all that was before towards what is and carries with it the moment that passes here and there It comes around just around the time that's here and now in time Then, though the wait is long, one moment stops by and goes

On and on, on and on On and on time waits for me

On and on, on and on Time goes by endlessly it goes

Come Gone before long Once again has arrived staring at me

Even though it never stops for long here with me all the way until old age

Young (young) I saw (I saw) rested (rested) once (once) In the (in the) middle (middle) still (still) in the same groove (groove)

Come (come) Gone (gone) before (before) long (long) Once (once) again has (again has) arrived (arrived) staring at me (staring)

On and on, on and on On and on time waits for me

On and on, on and on Time goes by endlessly it goes

(On and on) On and on time waits for me

On and on, on and on Time goes by endlessly it goes

Translation notes

The title "Tímabundinn" means "Temporary", but the compound literally means "time-bound", and my judgement of the lyrics where the title drop happens is that they're playing on that literal meaning and the narrator is referring to being bound by time more than to being temporary. Thus, I translated it as "time-bound", even though "Temporary" is the more straightforward translation.