thanks for this Patrick, I'd never read it before; & I enjoyed the
icelandic, it's one of my favourite languages even though I've never
heard it much. this is a lovely tribute to post
KS
On 23/10/2007, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> HORSE RACE
>
> in the big
> horse race
> over 40 runners
> great gold cup
> all of the other
> riders withdrew
> or reported sick
> or something
> or anything
> when it was
> discovered
> that the four
> strange outsiders
> four horsemen
> in deep black
> had entered
> at the very
> last moment
> and named
> War, Famine
> Pestilence
> and Death
> Death won in
> a photo finish
> with War
> followed
> by Famine
> and lastly by
> eight lengths
> Pestilence
> and
> the bookies
> fared badly.
>
>
>
> pmcmanus n548 drft
>
> Árni Ibsen his translation -thanks-miss you very much-Patrick
>
>
> í veðhlaupinu mikla meira
>
> í veðhlaupinu
> mikla meira en
> 40 hestar mikill
> gullbikar
> allir hinir
> knaparnir drógu
> sig til baka
> eða tilkynntu veikindi
> eða eitthvað
> eða hvað
> sem er þegar í ljós
> kom að fjórir
> undarlegir ókunnir
> fjórir reiðmenn
> í biksvörtu
> höfðu skráð
> sig á allra
> seinustu stundu
> og gefið upp nöfnin
> Stríð, Hungursneyð,
> Farsótt
> og Dauði
> Dauði vann
> sjónarmun
> Stríð á
> og næst kom
> Hungursneyð
> og loks
> átta hestlengdum seinna
> Farsótt
> og
> veðmangararnir
> lágu mjög illa í því.
>
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