Falskir fræðimenn
þýskir herjamenn
lönduðu einn dag,
einn fagran dag
á landið vort
Velkomnir voru
af öllu hjörtu
lönduðu einn dag,
einn fagran dag
á landið vort
Sögðu þeir gerast
jarðafræðilegar
förskunar einn dag,
einn fagran dag
á landið vort
En sendir voru
til að þeir bygðu
flugvélabönu
einn skálan dag
á landið vort
Voru þeir sendir
út af landi
með stórri skám
einn fagran dag
af landi voru
Settu þeir út,
einn fagran dag,
þeim var sagt nei,
á landið vort
styrjöld aldrei!
þýskir herjamenn
lönduðu einn dag,
einn fagran dag
á landið vort
Velkomnir voru
af öllu hjörtu
lönduðu einn dag,
einn fagran dag
á landið vort
Sögðu þeir gerast
jarðafræðilegar
förskunar einn dag,
einn fagran dag
á landið vort
En sendir voru
til að þeir bygðu
flugvélabönu
einn skálan dag
á landið vort
Voru þeir sendir
út af landi
með stórri skám
einn fagran dag
af landi voru
Settu þeir út,
einn fagran dag,
þeim var sagt nei,
á landið vort
styrjöld aldrei!
Language: Italian
Versione italiana di Riccardo Venturi
FALSI SCIENZIATI
Falsi scienziati,
ufficiali tedeschi
sbarcarono un giorno,
un bel giorno
sulla nostra terra
Fu dato loro
il benvenuto di cuore,
sbarcarono un giorno,
un bel giorno
sulla nostra terra
Dissero che avrebbero fatto
delle ricerche
geologiche un giorno,
un bel giorno
sulla nostra terra
Ma erano stati mandati
perché costruissero
una pista per aeroplani,
un brutto giorno
sulla nostra terra
Furono cacciati
via dal paese
con gran vergogna,
un bel giorno
dalla nostra terra
E partitrono
un bel giorno,
fu detto loro "no",
sulla nostra terra
la guerra mai!
Falsi scienziati,
ufficiali tedeschi
sbarcarono un giorno,
un bel giorno
sulla nostra terra
Fu dato loro
il benvenuto di cuore,
sbarcarono un giorno,
un bel giorno
sulla nostra terra
Dissero che avrebbero fatto
delle ricerche
geologiche un giorno,
un bel giorno
sulla nostra terra
Ma erano stati mandati
perché costruissero
una pista per aeroplani,
un brutto giorno
sulla nostra terra
Furono cacciati
via dal paese
con gran vergogna,
un bel giorno
dalla nostra terra
E partitrono
un bel giorno,
fu detto loro "no",
sulla nostra terra
la guerra mai!
Language: English
English translation by Riccardo Venturi
November 7, 2017
November 7, 2017
In May 1937, a German “scientific delegation” was received to Iceland with great ceremony. Its official task was carrying out geological researches in the inner desert area of Óðáðahraun. Shortly after, however, some shepherds noticed strange things were happening and warned the authorities. It was soon discovered that the false “scientists” were Wehrmacht officers making surveys in order to mark out a landing strip for airplanes and a bridgehead for a possible invasion of the island, strategically essential for the war to come.
Though totally unarmed, Iceland's authorities expelled immediately the entire German delegation, confiscated all survey maps and instruments and asked official apology (and received it, incredibly enough) by Hitler's government.
Iceland's traditions include immediate composition of folksongs commenting on any event, a practice still living nowadays. This anonymous folksong was composed to the tune of a víkivaki (a type of Icelandic folkdance) and was inspired by that event. The song originated probably in the outskirts of Reykjavík. [RV]
Though totally unarmed, Iceland's authorities expelled immediately the entire German delegation, confiscated all survey maps and instruments and asked official apology (and received it, incredibly enough) by Hitler's government.
Iceland's traditions include immediate composition of folksongs commenting on any event, a practice still living nowadays. This anonymous folksong was composed to the tune of a víkivaki (a type of Icelandic folkdance) and was inspired by that event. The song originated probably in the outskirts of Reykjavík. [RV]
FALSE SCIENTISTS
False scientists,
German officers
landed one day,
one fine day
to our country
They were given
a warm welcome,
when they landed one day,
one fine day
to our country
They said they'd carry out
geological researches
when they landed one day,
one fine day
to our country
But they had been sent
to build a landing strip
for airplanes,
that bad day when
they landed to our country
They were driven out
of our country
with great shame,
one fine day
out of our country
And so they left
one fine day,
we said them “no”,
in our country
no war shall there be!
False scientists,
German officers
landed one day,
one fine day
to our country
They were given
a warm welcome,
when they landed one day,
one fine day
to our country
They said they'd carry out
geological researches
when they landed one day,
one fine day
to our country
But they had been sent
to build a landing strip
for airplanes,
that bad day when
they landed to our country
They were driven out
of our country
with great shame,
one fine day
out of our country
And so they left
one fine day,
we said them “no”,
in our country
no war shall there be!
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(1937)
Sebbene totalmente disarmate, le autorità islandesi espulsero immediatamente l'intera delegazione tedesca, confiscarono tutti i rilievi e gli strumenti e pretesero le scuse ufficiali del governo nazista (che, incredibile a dirsi, le fece).
Nella tradizione islandese rientra la composizione immediata di strofe popolari per commentare qualsiasi episodio; è una pratica che non si è interrotta del tutto neanche ai nostri giorni. Quelle che seguono, sull'aria di una víkivaki (la danza tradizionale islandese), sono ispirate a quell'episodio. Sono probabilmente di provenienza cittadina (di Reykjavík, cioè).