[Texts (Icelandic)](germanic-texts.md) [Modern Icelandic Texts](texts-modern-icelandic) [Jónas Hallgrímsson](jonas-hallgrimsson.md) /in-aquilonem-nocturnum # In Aquilonem Nocturnum > Þegi þú, vindur! > þú kunnir aldregi > hófs á hvurs manns hag, > langar ró nætur > þars þú inn leiðsvali > þýtur í þakstráum. #### To the nighty North-wind Shut up, wind! you know never moderation for men, long quiet nights when you in a-cold-way gust through the roof-grass Knock it off, wind-- you never give a hoot for human beings! Night seems endless when--nipping cold!-- you gust through the grass on the roof. Shut up wind! you never think to stop yourself for us... Nights are long and boring when you coldly gust through the roof grass.