Translation of the song lyrics Folkets vind - Cornelis Vreeswijk

Folkets vind (original)

Nu vldtas mitt folk igen.
Oss drnka I blod vill dom.
Dom talar om friheten
Med svarta handen bakom.
Dom skingrar allt folk som boss,
Barn utan mor och far.
Dom tnker ptvinga oss
Korset som Jesus bar.
n dljer dom all sin skam.
Dom dljer den bakom lag.
Men mordet ska bryta fram
Och visa sitt rtta jag.
Och mnga tusen mn Ska offra sitt liv fare mord.
Och blodet ska strmma igen
Och gdsla vare goda jord.
Jag vill ha ett riktigt liv
Med mina barn och syskon
Och rekonstruera vren
Som ligger dare och frblder.
Mig skrmmer ni inte alls,
Ni elndets herremn!
Berva oss hoppets stjrna!
Den ska nog bli vare igen!
Bls, folkets vindar, bls!
Bls ter!
Och n en gng!
Ni sprnger mitt hjrtas ls Och fyller min mun med sng.
n sjunger han, er poet,
S lnge min mun kan andas
Och nda till evighet
Hans aska med er ska blandas.

(translation)

Now my people are being overthrown again.
They want to drown us in blood.
They talk about freedom
With black hand behind.
They disperse all the people like a boss,
Children without a mother and father.
They think to force us
The cross that Jesus carried.
n they share all their shame.
They share it behind the scenes.
But the murder will break out
And show your true self.
And many thousands of men Will sacrifice their lives to murder.
And the blood will flow again
And gdsla be good soil.
I want to have a real life
With my children and siblings
And reconstruct the vren
Which lies dare and froblder.
You don't scare me at all,
Ye lords of fire!
Give us the star of hope!
It will probably become a thing again!
Bl, the winds of the people, bl!
Pg ter!
And once again!
You open my heart and fill my mouth with song.
n sings he, ye poet,
As long as my mouth can breathe
And nda to eternity
His ashes with yours shall be mingled.