{"id":2011,"date":"2014-11-30T11:05:59","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T11:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2011"},"modified":"2014-11-30T11:07:27","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T11:07:27","slug":"flames-of-advent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/flames-of-advent\/","title":{"rendered":"Flames of Advent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
S\u00e5 tenner vi et lys i kveld<\/b><\/p>\n

vi tenner det for glede.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Det st\u00e5r og skinner for seg selv<\/b><\/p>\n

og oss som er tilstede.<\/b><\/p>\n

S\u00e5 tenner vi et lys i kveld,<\/b><\/p>\n

vi tenner det for glede.\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n

Then we light one candle this evening<\/i><\/p>\n

we light it for joy.<\/i><\/p>\n

It stands shining by itself<\/i><\/p>\n

and for us who are present<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Then we light one candle this evening,<\/i><\/p>\n

we light it for joy.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Photo courtesy of Susanne Nilsson at Flickr<\/a> (Creative Commons).<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/b>Today it\u2019s f\u00f8rste s\u00f8ndag i advent<\/b> (first Sunday of Advent). <\/b>The above poem (by Inger Hagerup) is read by many norske familier<\/b> (Norwegian families) as they tenner det f\u00f8rste lyset p\u00e5 adventskransen<\/b> (light the first candle on the Advent Wreath). Okay, I may be romanticizing Norge<\/b> a bit now, but at least the tv lady reads this poem aloud, as she smiles and strikes a fyrstikk<\/b> (match) in the studio! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Det er veldig m\u00f8rkt n\u00e5<\/b> (it\u2019s very dark now), so barn og voksne<\/b> (children and adults) in Norway are all looking forward to jula<\/b> [YOOlah] (\u2019the\u2019 Christmas \u2013 you can also say julen<\/b>). The adventskrans<\/b> is a way to spread a little lys i m\u00f8rket<\/b> (light in the darkness). It\u2019s also a countdown calendar to Christmas: The wreath (which isn\u2019t always a circle!) has four stearinlys <\/b>(stearin candles); each of the four last s\u00f8ndager<\/b> (Sundays) before jul<\/b> (Christmas), a new candle is lit (for a while). On the last Sunday, all four of them are shining!<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the rest of the poem for those other Sundays:<\/p>\n

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S\u00e5 tenner vi to lys i kveld,\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

to lys for h\u00e5p og glede.<\/b> (Two candles for hope and joy.)<\/p>\n

De st\u00e5r og skinner for seg selv\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

og oss som er tilstede.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

S\u00e5 tenner vi to lys i kveld,\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

to lys for h\u00e5p og glede.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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S\u00e5 tenner vi tre lys i kveld\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

for lengsel, h\u00e5p og glede. <\/b>(For yearning, hope and joy.)<\/p>\n

De st\u00e5r og skinner for seg selv\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

og oss som er tilstede.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

S\u00e5 tenner vi tre lys i kveld,\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

for lengsel, h\u00e5p og glede.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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Vi tenner fire lys i kveld\u00a0<\/b>og lar dem brenne ned\u00a0<\/b>for lengsel, glede, h\u00e5p og fred,\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

men mest allikevel\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

for fred p\u00e5 denne lille jord\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

der menneskene bor.\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n

We light four lights this evening<\/i>and let them burn down<\/i>for yearning, joy, hope and peace,<\/i><\/p>\n

but most, still, (we do it)<\/i><\/p>\n

for peace on this small earth<\/i><\/p>\n

where the humans live.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

S\u00e5 tenner vi et lys i kveld vi tenner det for glede.\u00a0 Det st\u00e5r og skinner for seg selv og oss som er tilstede. S\u00e5 tenner vi et lys i kveld, vi tenner det for glede.\u00a0 Then we light one candle this evening we light it for joy. It stands shining by itself and for…<\/p>\n

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