almost two years after i first heard it, i finally got the words to the rimur tour ep that sigur r�s and steind�r anderson did. its amazing to be able to make some sense of the words.. (some sense = see the spelling) i still have no idea of the meaning of course, but that hasnt stopped me all that much with sigur r�s. in the discography page there is passage:

r�mur were regarded as a performance art; a good r�mur chanter would engage his listeners with his clever rhyming schemes and catchy melodies. r�mur were performed on winter nights when inhabitants sat occupied by their work (making clothing from wool, wreathing horsehairs into ropes, cutting tools from wood, etc.) for seven centuries, this was icelanders’ only branch of entertainment and it’s only recently that this tradition has dissolved.

the (icelandic) text for the tour ep is here.