2. Den sig'nade dag, den sig’nade tid
Var mor’gon jag månde betän’ka,
Då nåd’enes sol så här’lig och blid
Rann upp för all värl’den att blän’ka
Och her’darne hör’de Guds äng’lar i skyn,
Som sjöng’o, att da’gen var kom’men.
5. Men så’som en få’gel mot him’melens höjd
Sig lyf’ter på le’diga ving’ar,
Han lo’var sin Gud, är glad och förnöjd’,
När han ö’ver jor’den sig sving’ar,
Så lyf’ter sig sjä’len i hjär’telig fröjd
Till him’len med lov’sång och bö’ner.
IPA Vowels:
härlig: ɛ (there)
Rann: a (father)
Upp: ʉ (bird with tight lips)
För: œ (learn or fur)
Herdarne: æ (trap)
Guds: ʉ (fuel)
Sjöngo: ø (German long ö)
Lyfter: y (No English equivalent, French u)
De:n si:gna:de dɑ:g, de:n si:gna:de ti:d
Vɑ:r mɔrgɔn jɑ:g mondæ bætɛnkɑ
Do: no:denes su:l so: hɛrlig ɔch bli:d
Rɑnn ɵpp fœ:r all vɛrlden att blɛnka
ɔch hærdarnæ hørde Gʉds ɛnglar i ɧy:n
S ɔm ɧøngo, att da:gæn va:r kɔmmæn
Me:n so:sɔm e:n fo:gæl mu:t himmælæns højd
Si:g lyftær po: le:diga vi:ngar,
Ha:n lɔ:var si:n Gʉ:d, ɛ:r gla:d ɔch førnøjd,
Nɛ:r ha:n ø:vær jordæn si:g svingar,
So: lyftær si:g ɧɛ:læn i: hjɛrtælig frøjd
Till himlæn me:d lɔvsong ɔch bø:nær.
IPA Consonants (the odd ones)
Den: e (Scottish save)
R’s should be trilled or flipped always
Dag: ɑ ( a as in English bra)
Signade : ŋ (long)
Tid: i (leaf)
Skön, skyn, själar: ɧ (Sk or SJ followed by y, j, ö or ä) No English
Då : o (Scottish Canadian stove):
equivalent. We will pronounce this as in Norwegian, as sch.
sol: u (boot)
ej: j (ey)
fromma: ɔ (moll with round lips)
2. The blessed day, the blessed time
5. As a bird up to the heights of heaven
Every morning I should reflect
Lifts their freed wings
That the Sun of Grace so holy and mild
He praises his God, is glad and content,
Rose to shine over all the world
When he soars over the earth,
And the Shepherds heard God’s angels in the sky
So the soul is lifted in heartfelt joy
Who sang, that the day has come.
To heaven with praise and prayers.
Vowels are nearly always forward and either short or long. Long vowels are indicated above by the colon “a:”, “e:”, etc.
Generally, a vowel followed by a single consonant will be long, approximately twice the length of a vowel followed by two consonants. Unstressed syllables are usually
shortened, but ideally the same vowel quality is there in the shortened version.
All vowels are pure, not dipthongs, and with a few exceptions, all consonants are pronounced or contribute to the sound.
The two “e” umlaut vowels, ö=oe, ä = ae, as well as i and y will influence the sound of consonants that proceed them (skyn, sjöngo, själar which are schyn, schöngo,
schälar for our purposes)
J sometimes acts as a vowel (höjd = høyd)
For our purposes here, g is hard, except in combinations such as ng.
Hj in “hjärtelig” should have a slight aspiration before the j sound, but only slight. The main sound is the j.