Lyrics of På En Gren I Vort Kvarter - Kim Larsen

På En Gren I Vort Kvarter (original)

På en gren i vort kvarter
I det store grønne træ
Der sad en fugl og fløjtede
Men solen den var så hed
Den sang om fjerne-fjerne-fjerne lande
Den sang om kærlighed og had
Og om de store vande
Og om at få sig et bad
Kanalens sorte vande
Bled træets fod forbi
Men fuglen skotted' og bandede så
Der' eddermame ikk' nogen, der ska' få mig til at bade dernede i
Og træet stod og svajede
I takt til fuglens sang
Og vindharpen spilled'
Om det vand, der var engang
Ja, de gjorde
Ja, og træet stod og svajede
I takt til fuglens sang
Og vindharpen spilled'
Om det vand, der var engang
På en gren i vort kvarter
Sidder fuglen ikke mer'
Den fløj afsted i al sin pragt
Mens den endnu var intakt
Den fløj til fjerne-fjerne-fjerne lande
Den mødte kærlighed og had
Og landed' i den salte sø
Nu visner træet pø om pø
Ja, det gør

(translation)

On a branch in our neighborhood
In the big green tree
There sat a bird and whistled
But the sun was so hot
It sang about far-far-far-away lands
That song about love and hate
And about the great waters
And about taking a bath
The black waters of the canal
Bled the foot of the tree past
But the bird scowled and then cursed
There's no one to make me bathe down there
And the tree stood and swayed
In time with the song of the bird
And the wind harp played'
About the water that once was
Yes, they did
Yes, and the tree stood and swayed
In time with the song of the bird
And the wind harp played'
About the water that once was
On a branch in our neighborhood
Does the bird not sit anymore'
It flew off in all its glory
While it was still intact
It flew to far-far-far lands
It met with love and hate
And landed in the salt lake
Now the tree withers one by one
Yes it does