Morgun og kvøld

Skaldsøgan er í tveimum pørtum.

Ólavur er spentur, nú konan skal eiga, og hon føðir ein vælskaptan drong, sum verður nevndur Jóhannes.

Ímillum fyrra og seinna partin gongur ein mansaldur.
Í seinna parti er tað ígjøgnum Jóhannes, vit síggja og hoyra alt.

Vit eru saman við honum ein vanligan gerandisdag.
Men alt er øðrvísi henda dagin.
Frá tíðliga á morgni til seint á kvøldi undrar Jóhannes seg á, hvussu fremmant alt er. Guvarnir eru øðrvísi, allir lutir eru fjarari og hava mist sítt vanliga evnistilfar. Alt er har og ikki.

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… og Jóhannes hyggur upp og hann sær tár standa í eygunum á Pæturi
Nei tað var ikki gott, sigur Pætur
Tað var ringt at hoyra, sigur hann
Havið vil ikki hava teg, sigur hann
og Pætur turkar tárini
So er bara moldin eftir, sigur Pætur

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It is a two-part novel.

Ólavur is excited, now that his wife is about give birth, and she delivers a healthy boy, whom they name Jóhannes.

A lifetime passes in between the first and the second part.
For the second part, we see and hear everything through Jóhannes.

We follow him on an average day.
But everything is different this day.
From early morning to late at night, Jóhannes is surprised at how foreign everything seems. The smokes are different, all objects are more distant and have lost their usual content. Not everything is there.

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… and Jóhannes looks up and sees tears in Pætur’s eyes
No, it was not good, says Pætur
It was bad news, he says
The ocean does not want you, he says
and Pætur dries his tears
Then, the only thing remaining is the dirt, says Pætur