You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Icelandic. (January 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Icelandic Wikipedia article at [[:is:Páll Ólafsson]]; see its history for attribution.
You may also add the template {{Translated|is|Páll Ólafsson}} to the talk page.
Páll Ólafsson (1827–1905) was an Icelandicpoet[1] and one of the most popular poets of the nation of the 19th century, known for poems about love and about horses.
Many of his poems were made into popular song, such as Lóan er komin[2] and Ó blessuð vertu sumarsól.
Eg skal kveða um eina þig alla mína daga. Salka, bókaútgáfa 2008.
List of poems
Title
Year
First published
Reprinted/collected
Hríslan og laekurinn = The love of the birch tree and the stream
2003
Olafsson, Pall (Jul–Aug 2003). "Hríslan og laekurinn = The love of the birch tree and the stream". Quadrant. 47 (7–8 [398]). Translated by Alan Gould: 32.
Komdu langan veg = Come the long distance home
2003
Olafsson, Pall (Jul–Aug 2003). "Komdu langan veg = Come the long distance home". Quadrant. 47 (7–8 [398]). Translated by Alan Gould: 32.
Saell var ég thá = So joyous I was
2003
Olafsson, Pall (Jul–Aug 2003). "Saell var ég thá = So joyous I was". Quadrant. 47 (7–8 [398]). Translated by Alan Gould: 33.
