Staring Elf

Sigur Rós · An Alright Start [Ágætis Byrjun translation] [1999]

Blue night over the sky

Blue night over me

disappeared out the window

my hands

hidden under my cheek

I think about my day

today and yesterday



I put on my blue nighties

go straight to bed

I caress the soft covers

close my eyes

and hide my head under the covers



A little elf stares at me

runs towards me but doesn't move

from his place - himself

a staring elf



I open my eyes

the crusts come off

I stretch myself and check

returned and everything is ok

still there is something missing

(like all the walls)