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Eurovision 1987 Iceland:
Halla Margarét - "Hægt og hljótt"

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Eurovision 1987
Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 1987
Audio (English version: "One more song")

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Hægt og hljótt

Kvöldið hefur flogið alltof fljótt
Fyrir utan gluggann komin nótt
Kertin er' að brenna upp
Glösin orðin miklu meir'en tóm

Augnalokin eru eins og blý
En enginn þykist skilja neitt í því
Að timinn pípuhatt sinn tók
Er píanistinn sló sin lokahljóm

Við hverfum hægt og hljótt, út í hlýja nóttina
Hægt og hljótt, göngum við heim götuna
Einu sinni, einu sinni enn

Eftir standa stólar, bekkir, borð
Brotin glös, sögð og ósögð orð
Þögnin fær nú loks sinn frið
Fuglar yrka nýjum degi ljóð

Við hverfum hægt og hljótt, út í hlýja nóttina
Hægt og hljótt, göngum við heim götuna

Hægt og hljótt, göngum við heim götuna
Hægt og hljótt, í gegnum hlýja nóttinа
Einu sinni, einu ѕinni enn

One more song

Waiting for the night to pass me by
I'm feeling all alone, I've said goodbye
To my one and only friend
Why do good things always have to end?

I search my glass for some kind of a sign
No, I find no comfort in the wine
And the gleaming candlelight
Can't keep away the shadows of the night

I ask for one more song
Piano man, please play me just one more song
A simple, sad and lonely one
All I'm asking for is one more song

Did we have to use these heartless
Words
Or were they something I just
Overheard?
There's no reason to pretend
But why do good things always have to end?

I ask for one more song
Piano man, please play me just one more song
A simple, sad and lonely one
One more song Piano man, please me just one more song

A sad song that goes on and on
All I'm аsking for is one more ѕong

Slowly and quietly

The evening has fled all too fast
Outside the window night has come
The candles are burning low
The glasses have become much more than empty

The eyelids are heavy as lead
But no one pretends to understand
That time took it's top-hat
As the pianist struck the last note

We disappear slowly and quietly, into the warm night
Slowly and quietly, we walk the street home
Once, once again

Left are chairs, benches, tables
Broken glasses, spoken and unspoken words
Silence at last has its peace
Birds poeticise to the new day

We disappear slowly and quietly, into the warm night
Slowly and quietly, we walk the street home

Slowly and quietly, we walk the ѕtreet home
Slowly and quietly, through the warm night
Once, once agаin

Iceland 1987

Artist
Halla Margarét
Title
Hægt og hljótt
Event
Eurovision Song Contest 1987 Brussels

ARTIST

  • Halla Margrét Árnadóttir

BACKING

SONGWRITER

  • Valgeir Guðjónsson (see Backing)

CONDUCTOR

  • Hjálmar Ragnarsson

SPOKESPERSON

COMMENTATOR

  • Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir

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