| Þórunn Auðna, þá hún fæddist
| Þórunn Auðna, when she was born
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| Þungt var yfir Ísafold
| It was heavy over Ísafold
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| Eymd sem allt um lá og læddist
| Misery that all around lay and crept
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| Loftið sverti, vötn og mold
| The air blacks, lakes and soil
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| Myrkur að vori á Melrakkasléttu
| Darkness in the spring on Melrakkaslétta
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| Meybarn var borið í óþökk og nauð
| A virgin was carried in ungratefulness and distress
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| Fátæk og horuð hún fæddist, með réttu
| Poor and skinny she was born, rightly so
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| Fyrst voru sporin öll hamingjusnauð
| At first, the steps were all unhappy
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| Þakkir fær sá er Þórunni sendi
| Thanks to the one who sent Þórunn
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| Þakkir af einingu
| Thanks for the unity
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| Ég veit ekki hvar hún bernskunni brenndi
| I do not know where she burned as a child
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| Barnið með meiningu
| The child with meaning
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| Þórunn Auðna, þá hún fæddist
| Þórunn Auðna, when she was born
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| Þeyr blés yfir dal og tún
| They blew over the valley and the meadow
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| Varla neina vá hún hræddist
| Hardly anyone wow she was scared
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| Varin undir galdrarún
| Protected from magic
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| Þakkir fær sá er Þórunni sendi
| Thanks to the one who sent Þórunn
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| Þakkir af einingu góðar
| Thanks for the good unit
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| Ég veit ekki hvar hún bernskunni brenndi
| I do not know where she burned as a child
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| Barnið með meiningu þjóðar
| The child with the meaning of a nation
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| Fyrst varð hún móðurlaus, föðurlaus siðan
| At first she became motherless, then fatherless
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| Fjöllin og gróðurinn tóku að sér
| The mountains and the vegetation took over
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| Ljóshærða flóðið með lokkinn svo friðan
| Blonde flood with the lid so peace
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| Læst hennar blóðbönd í örlagakver
| Locked her blood ties in the fortune teller
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| Ég veit ekki hvar hún æskunni eyddi
| I do not know where she spent her youth
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| Eða hvar hófst hennar ferð
| Or where did her journey begin
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| Né hvað það var sem götuna greiddi
| Nor what it was that the street paid for
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| Gaf henni bogann og sverð
| Gave her a bow and a sword
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| Þórunn Auðna, þá hún fæddist
| Þórunn Auðna, when she was born
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| Þa blés von um Íslandsströnd
| Then there was hope for the Icelandic coast
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| Neistinn fyrir norðan glæddist
| The spark to the north rejoiced
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| Nytsamleg sú hjálparhönd | Useful helping hand |