Lyrics of Fabel - Bjørn Eidsvåg

Fabel (original)

Det var langt på dag — jeg våknet av min rus
Jeg sto opp og gikk ut i en folketom by
Med søndagskledte hus
Det var sol og stjerner og fuglesang
Det var vondte minner og klokkeklang
Det var tømmermenn, jeg var lei av alt
Det var dagen etter og alt var galt
Min verden lå i grus
Midt i gaten sprang en flokk med sang og spill
Det var bedehusfolket i byen som kom
Ja tro det den som vil
Jeg så kristne danse til felelåt
Og jeg hørte latter og gledesgråt
Jeg så frelste sjeler og mørkemenn
De kom bort og ba meg: bli med oss hjem
Du hører Herren til!
Jeg forlot min sorg, og glemte nattens kjør
Jeg ble med dem i dansen og fulgte dem frem
Til bedehusets dør
Vi gikk inn og danset til Herrens pris
Jeg tror sangen hørtes i paradis
Det ble sagt vi feiret en bryllupsfest
Jeg fikk brød og vin, jeg var hedersgjest
Og glad som aldri før!
Det ble kvekd og natt, vi ga hvernadre ly
Vi satt skulder ved skulder i ring rundt et lys
Og kjente dagen gry
Det var smerte omsorg og gledesrus
Det var håp og vanvidd og vingesus
Det var vakre sanger om himmelen
Og jeg følte meg som et barn igjen
Jeg var blitt født påny

(translation)

It was late in the day - I woke up from my intoxication
I got up and went out into a deserted city
With Sunday-clad house
It was sun and stars and birdsong
There were painful memories and the sound of bells
There were hangovers, I was tired of everything
It was the next day and everything was wrong
My world was in shambles
In the middle of the street ran a herd of song and games
It was the people of the prayer house in the city who came
Yes, believe it whoever wants
I saw Christians dancing to fiddle songs
And I heard laughter and tears of joy
I saw saved souls and dark men
They came over and asked me: come with us home
You belong to the Lord!
I left my grief, and forgot the night's run
I joined them in the dance and followed them forward
To the door of the house of prayer
We went in and danced to the Lord's praise
I think the song was heard in paradise
It was said we were celebrating a wedding party
I got bread and wine, I was the guest of honor
And happy like never before!
It was quake and night, we gave each other shelter
We sat shoulder to shoulder in a circle around a candle
And felt the day dawn
It was pain care and intoxication of joy
There was hope and madness and wing rustling
There were beautiful songs about heaven
And I felt like a child again
I had been born again