The Little Mermaid / Litla Hafmeyjan

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>When it grew dark a number of colored lamps were lighted</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Þegar dimmt varð var kveikt á nokkrum lituðum lömpum</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>the sailors and royal family danced merrily on the deck</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>sjómennirnir og konungsfjölskyldan dönsuðu kátir á dekkinu</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The little mermaid could not help thinking of her birthday</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Litla hafmeyjan gat ekki varist því að hugsa um afmælið sitt</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>the day that she rose out of the sea for the first time</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>daginn sem hún reis upp úr sjónum í fyrsta sinn</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>similar joyful festivities were celebrated on that day</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>svipuð gleðihátíð var haldin þann dag</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>she thought about the wonder and hope she felt that day</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>hún hugsaði um undrunina og vonina sem hún fann þann dag</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>with those pleasant memories she too joined in the dance</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>með þessum skemmtilegu minningum tók hún líka þátt í dansinum</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>on her paining feet she poised herself in the air</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>á sársaukafullum fótum sínum stillti hún sér upp í loftið</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>the way a swallow poises itself when in </strong><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>pursuit </strong><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>of prey</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>hvernig svala stillir sig upp þegar hún er elt af bráð</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>the sailors and the servants cheered her wonderingly</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>sjómennirnir og þjónarnir fögnuðu henni undrandi</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>She had never danced so gracefully before</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Hún hafði aldrei dansað jafn tignarlega áður</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Her tender feet felt as if cut with sharp knives</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Aumir fætur hennar voru eins og skornir með beittum hnífum</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>but she cared little for the pain of her feet</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>en henni var lítið um sársauka fótanna</span></p>