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About Við ótta og bivan
Við ótta og bivan (“With fear and trembling”) and Uníssono (“Unison”) form a pair of songs Brazilian-Faroese composer Andras Atlason offers to the world in 2023. In a shift from his 2022 record Atlantis, these two singles manifest the most personal his music has ever gotten. They sing from the heart about the joys and the sorrows of one’s search for connection with God, with oneself and with others. They sing about doubting in faith, about trembling in duty and, lastly, about the hope for ultimate redemptive harmony through the plain exercise of Love. Both single covers are digital re-readings of The Dove, No. 1, a painting by Swedish artist and mystic Hilma af Klint.
Released on the following formats
Digitally on all major platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.). You can check it out on with this link: https://bfan.link/vid-otta-og-bivan
Við ótta og bivan
Words: Andras Atlason
Music: Andras Atlason
Við ótta og bivan
Líðandi minka vit burtur
Til hjartans lastir
Tigandi tola vit stormin
Vit biðja og bíða
Vit halda fram
Vit halda á
Still og burtur frá
Stjørnan vísir á
Mítt lagnukall
Ímoti vindinum
Eg orki ikki meir
Eg vil sigla heim
Og boða frá
Mínum kalli
Sum eitt tám
Fyri mínum eygum
Sveimar ein vónarsjón
Av ótta og bivan
Hetta támið
Brennur míni eygu
Eg styrki mína vónarsjón
Við ótta og bivan
Eg styrki mína vónarsjón
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With fear and trembling
We gradually shrink away
To the burdens of the heart
We silently endure the storm
We pray and wait
We go on
We hold fast
Calm and from afar
The star indicates
My destiny’s calling
Upwind
I can’t take it anymore
I want to sail home
And announce
My calling
Like a haze
Before my eyes
Roams an illusion
Of fear and trembling
This haze
Burns my eyes
I invigorate my illusion
With fear and trembling
I invigorate my illusion
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