Krummi svaf í klettagjá
"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

The opening verse can be roughly translated as follows:
Krummi svaf í klettagjá,
kaldri vetrarnóttu á,
verður margt að meini
Fyrr en dagur fagur rann,
freðið nefið dregur hann
undan stórum steini. The raven sleeps among the stones
on a cold winter night. (There is much to be said)
Before the passage of a fine day
He pulls his nose
from a large rock. References

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Icelandic folk music
19th-century literature
Icelandic literature