INNO ISLANDA

Written in 1874

Words by MATTHÍAS JOCHUMSSON (1835-1920

Ó, guð, vors lands, ó, lands vors guð,

vjer lofum þitt heilaga, heilaga nafn.

Úr sólkerfum himnanna knýta þjer kranz

þínir herskarar, tímanna safn.

Fyrir þjer er einn dagur sem þúsund ár,

og þúsund ár dagur, ei meir,

Eitt eilifðar smáblóm með titrandi tár,

sem tilbiður guð sinn og deyr.

Íslands þús und ár, Íslands þús und ár

Eitt eilifðar smáblóm með titrandi tár,

sem tilbiður guð sinn og deyr.

)TRANSLATION

O God of our land, O our land's God,

We worship Thy holy, holy name.

From the solar systems of the heavens bind for you a wreath

Your warriors, the assembly of the ages.

For Thee is one day as a thousand years,

And a thousand years a day and no more,

One small flower of eternity with a quivering tear,

That prays to its God and dies.

Iceland's thousand years, Iceland's thousand years,

One small flower of eternity with a quivering tear,

That prays to its God and dies.