| Forleden nat da jeg i sengen lå
| The other night when I was in bed
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| Helt alene med mig selv
| All alone with myself
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| Stod der en engel med vinger på
| There was an angel with wings on it
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| Ved siden af min seng
| Beside my bed
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| Hendes hår var som en glorie
| Her hair was like a gloria
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| Hendes øjne de var blå
| Her eyes they were blue
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| Åh, kom og lyt til min historie
| Oh, come and listen to my story
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| Venner, kom og hør på
| Friends, come and listen
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| Hun lod sin kåbe falde
| She let her robe fall
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| Hun løftede sit slør
| She lifted her veil
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| Hun var den skønneste af dem alle
| She was the most beautiful of them all
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| Aldrig så jeg så dejlig før
| Never did I look so lovely before
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| Det var vist kun en drøm
| I guess it was just a dream
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| Den bedste jeg har haft
| The best I've had
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| Hvis det var virkelighed
| If it was reality
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| Så var jeg fortabt
| Then I was lost
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| Hun lagde sig på sengen
| She lay down on the bed
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| Jeg sagde: «Åh nej, la' vær med det»
| I said, "Oh no, leave it at that"
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| Så klapped' hun mig lidt med vingen
| Then she patted me a little with her wing
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| Og sagde: «Hvorfor det?»
| And said: «Why that?»
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| Jeg ved da godt, du har en anden
| I know you have someone else
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| Som du vil være tro
| As you want to believe
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| Men det ved både Gud og Fanden
| But both God and the Devil know that
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| Lige nu har du to
| Right now you have two
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| Det var vist kun en drøm
| I guess it was just a dream
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| Den bedste jeg har haft
| The best I've had
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| Hvis det var virkelighed
| If it was reality
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| Så var jeg fortabt
| Then I was lost
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| Må guderne sig forbarme
| May the gods have mercy
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| Må Vorherre stå mig bi
| May Our Lord stand by me
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| Jeg både kom og gik i hendes arme
| I both came and went in her arms
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| Og så var det forbi
| And then it was over
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| Det hele er så simpelt
| It's all that simple
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| Og lige til at forstå
| And just to understand
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| Hvem ka' sige nej til en engel
| Who can say no to an angel
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| Med nylonstrømper på?
| With nylon stockings on?
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| Det var vist kun en drøm
| I guess it was just a dream
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| Den bedste jeg har haft
| The best I've had
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| Hvis det var virkelighed
| If it was reality
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| Så var jeg fortabt | Then I was lost |