{"id":16402,"date":"2022-02-16T19:07:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T00:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=16402"},"modified":"2022-02-16T19:07:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T00:07:37","slug":"eg-veit-i-himmerik-ei-borg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=16402","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Eg Veit i Himmerik ei Borg&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eg veit i himmerik ei borg (&quot;I Know a Castle in Heaven&quot;) - Sissel &amp; The Tabernacle Choir\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f1FoX_llovk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Another day in between reviews<\/strong>, and I\u2019ve been at work translating. Also I didn\u2019t leave the house today, except for my a.m. gym visit. So what shall I post?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve had Norway on my mind lately (to the surprise of nobody, I know), so a hymn from Sissel is indicated (again to the surprise of&#8230; you know). I\u2019m not sure if I\u2019ve used this song here before. It\u2019s an old hymn \u2013 <em>Eg Veit i Himmerik ei Borg<\/em> (I Know a Castle in Heaven). The text is German, from the 16<sup>th<\/sup> Century. But the music is traditional Norwegian \u2013 in fact it survived as a folk song rather than as a formal church hymn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Translation, via <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eg_veit_i_himmerik_ei_borg\">Wikipedia<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I know of a heavenly stronghold<br>shining as bright as the sun;<br>there are neither sin nor sorrow<br>and never a tear is shed.<\/p><p>I am a weary traveller;<br>may my path lead me<br>from here to the land of my father;<br>God, protect me on my way.<\/p><p>We thank you for eternity<br>God the Father, one in three.<br>For you are gentle and mild to us<br>in Jesus Christ! Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James Cameron heard a recording of Sissel doing this one, and decided to hire her for the backup vocals in <em>Titanic<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s the most medieval-sounding Norwegian hymn I know, which makes me particularly fond of it. I may have news about myself and Norway coming up soon. I\u2019ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another day in between reviews, and I\u2019ve been at work translating. Also I didn\u2019t leave the house today, except for my a.m. gym visit. So what shall I post? I\u2019ve had Norway on my mind lately (to the surprise of nobody, I know), so a hymn from Sissel is indicated (again to the surprise of&#8230; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=16402\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;Eg Veit i Himmerik ei Borg&#8217;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[4065,2596],"class_list":["post-16402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-religion","tag-eg-veit-i-himmerik-ei-borg","tag-sissel-kyrkjebo"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16402"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16405,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16402\/revisions\/16405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}