The hymn "Heyr, himna smiður" was written by the Icelandic viking Kolbeinn Tumason in 1208. The music was composed in the 1970s by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson (1938-2013), one of Iceland's foremost contemporary composers.

Heyr himna smiður | Hear, Heavenly Creator (An Icelandic Hymn)
The Royal Danish Academy of Music Voices
Frederick Bayani Mabalot, Conductor
Sanni Määttä and Lisa Zhou, Violinists
Adriana Isaku, Cello
India Hooi, Choir Manager/Tonmeister

Heyr, himna smiður, hvers skáldið biður.
Komi mjúk til mín miskunnin þín.
Því heit eg á þig, þú hefur skaptan mig.
Eg er þrællinn þinn, þú ert drottinn minn.

Guð, heit eg á þig, að þú græðir mig.
Minnst þú, mildingur, mín, mest þurfum þín.
Ryð þú, röðla gramur, ríklyndur og framur,
hölds hverri sorg úr hjartaborg.

Gæt þú, mildingur, mín, mest þurfum þín,
helzt hverja stund á hölda grund.
Send þú, meyjar mögur, málsefnin fögur,
öll er hjálp af þér, í hjarta mér.

English Translation:

Listen, smith of the heavens, what the poet asks.
May softly come unto me your mercy.
So I call on thee, for you have created me.
I am thy servant, you are my Lord.

God, I call on thee to heal me.
Remember me, mild one, Most we need thee.
Drive out, O king of suns, generous and great,
every human sorrow from the city of the heart.

Watch over me, mild one, Most we need thee,
truly every moment in the world of men.
send us, son of the virgin, good causes,
all aid is from thee, in my heart.

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