| Ekko i det hye fjell
| Echo in the high mountains
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| hvem er du?-
| who are you?-
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| Hvorfor skjuler Du ditt ansikt?
| Why are you hiding your face?
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| Hvorfor svarer Du og skremmer
| Why do you answer and scare
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| meg med mrkets gru?
| me with the horror of the brand?
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| En gang p sin ville ferd
| Once on his wild journey
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| kom han til en kroket sti
| he came to a crooked path
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| over stygge bratte uren
| over ugly steep unclean
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| Tker svevde tunge, bleke
| Tker hovered heavy, pale
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| om de klamme klippevegger.
| about the clammy rock walls.
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| Ensom i den dype dal
| Lonely in the deep valley
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| sorgen strmmer inn med velde
| grief flows in with force
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| Kalde, klamme tketrer
| Cold, clammy clouds
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| dryppet stilt fra svarte fjellet
| dripped quietly from the black mountain
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| Hyt til taket, trangt til veggen,
| Cabin to the ceiling, narrow to the wall,
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| triste toner klinget dypt.
| sad tones sounded deep.
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| Ensom, ensom var hans sjel,
| Lonely, lonely was his soul,
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| ensom i den tause dal.
| lonely in the silent valley.
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| Selv i fjellets dype hule
| Even in the deep cave of the mountain
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| fantes ingen fred og glemsel,
| there was no peace and oblivion,
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| graven var for stor og vid.
| the grave was too big and wide.
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| Tungt han bar ei br av lengsel
| Heavily he carried a burden of longing
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| mot mrknede sjelers sal.
| against the hall of marked souls.
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| Opp imot i nkne vegger
| Up against in bare walls
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| skrek det fra hans bleke ansikt:
| shouted it from his pale face:
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| Er da livet bare sorg?
| Is life just sorrow?
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| Tungt ifra det mrke gjemme
| Heavy from the dark hide
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| svarte der en lukket stemme:
| answered in a closed voice:
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| Bare Sorg.
| Just Sorrow.
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| Stille
| Quiet
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| Ser dine tanker
| See your thoughts
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| Et bad i tke og blod
| A bath of mist and blood
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| Del mitt kjaerlighets
| Share my love
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| ingenting
| nothing
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| Jeg er bare mnens,
| I'm just mnens,
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| den erneste
| the erneste
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| Smak mine ord
| Taste my words
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| Sirkelens pning har fredens uro
| The opening of the circle has the unrest of peace
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| Jeg famler bak lyset
| I grope behind the light
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| jeg klatrer i garnet som er grtt
| I climb in the net that is gray
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| Av gr tke p solens rygg
| Of gray roof on the back of the sun
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| (Music by Austrheim &Asbjorn)
| (Music by Austrheim & Asbjorn)
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| (Arranged by Austrheim)
| (Arranged by Austrheim)
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| (The poem is based upon Theodor Kittelsens Ekko)
| (The poem is based upon Theodor Kittelsens Ekko)
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| (Completed by Keltziva &Austrheim) | (Completed by Keltziva & Austrheim) |