Krummi svaf í klettagjá

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{{Short description|Icelandic folk song}}

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|author = Jón Thoroddsen

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|written = ~ 1850

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|language = Icelandic

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|form = AABCCB

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"Krummi svaf í klettagjá" is a traditional Icelandic rhyming poem by Jón Thoroddsen about a raven. The poem was written in the middle of the 19th century and is in 6 line stanzas of AABCCB form. In Iceland it is often repeated as part of a well known folk song{{Cite web|title=The Complete Guide to Birds in Iceland and Bird Watching ...|url=https://guidetoiceland.is/nature-info/birds-in-iceland|access-date=2021-07-25|website=Guide to Iceland|language=en}}[https://timarit.is/page/4067351#page/n5/mode/2up "Krummavísur: Krummi svaf í klettagjá"], Tíminn, 4 March 1992

The opening verse can be roughly translated as follows:

Krummi svaf í klettagjá,

kaldri vetrarnóttu á,

{{0|—}}verður margt að meini

Fyrr en dagur fagur rann,

freðið nefið dregur hann

{{0|—}}undan stórum steini.

The raven sleeps among the stones

on a cold winter night.

{{0|—}}(There is much to be said)

Before the passage of a fine day

He pulls his nose

{{0|—}}from a large rock.{{clear|left}}