| Mange sanger er sunget om elefanter
| Many songs are sung about elephants
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| Men slettes ikke mange som handler om at de danser
| But certainly not many are concerned with the fact that they dance
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| For I det landet vi lever I er det rolig og fredelig
| Because in the country we live in, it is calm and peaceful
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| Og I skogene lever bare bamser
| And in the forests only teddy bears live
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| Men en opplevelse rev meg ut av kjeden
| But an experience tore me out of the chain
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| Avdeven, observerende funderinger og tanker
| Absent, observant musings and thoughts
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| For det er ganger som daa, at jeg blir latterlig glaa
| Because it's times like that, that I get ridiculously gleeful
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| S bare en tanke eller anelse forandret
| S just a thought or hunch changed
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| Det er en glede f dele dette med dere p lengden
| It is a pleasure to share this with you at length
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| Og den eneste anledning jeg kan meddele
| And the only occasion I can announce
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| Noe gledelig I stede for de vanlige belrende, forklarende
| Something joyful instead of the usual belching, explaining
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| Formane fraser ja de alltid plager deg meg
| Exhortation phrases yes they always bother you me
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| Jeg fant en elefant en gang
| I found an elephant once
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| Han hadde ikke hrt min sang
| He had not heard my song
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| S jeg sang min sang for han
| S I sang my song to him
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| Og det er frste gang jeg har sett en elefant dans uup
| And it's the first time I've seen an elephant dance uup
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| Han var bet tutututta grn
| He was bit tutututta green
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| Tytyty tyr som faen
| Tytyty bull like hell
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| Mumu mutters og leei
| Mumu nuts and leei
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| S snasna snabelen haang
| S snasna the proboscis haang
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| Han fortalte meg at flokken hadde dratt ifra han
| He told me that the herd had left him
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| S jeg spurte om jeg ikke skulle dra min saang
| S I asked if I should not drag my saang
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| To vte yne lyste opp I et smil
| Two wet eyes lit up In a smile
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| To vte yne lyste opp I ett smil
| Two white eyes lit up In one smile
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| S jeg sang min sang og elefanten den danset
| S I sang my song and the elephant it danced
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| Og lftet meg opp med sin snabel
| And lifted me up with his proboscis
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| Og vis du synger nare du mter elefanter vi l de danse | And if you sing when you meet elephants we'll let them dance |
| Er moralen syng syng syng den sang
| Is the moral sing sing sing it sang
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| Syng syng syng den sang
| Sing sing sing that song
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| Jeg fant en elefant en gang
| I found an elephant once
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| Han hadde ikke hrt min sang
| He had not heard my song
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| S jeg sang min sang for han
| S I sang my song to him
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| Og det er frste gang jeg har sett en elefant dans uup
| And it's the first time I've seen an elephant dance uup
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| I en landsby like ved var det ganske var det drgende stille
| In a nearby village it was eerily quiet
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| Fordi sorgene ville feire hvdingen viller siste hvile
| Because the sorrows would celebrate the hvding's final rest
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| S, blei stille et brutt for ut av jungelen red en syngende mann p den dansende
| So, there was a broken silence for out of the jungle rode a singing man on the dancing one
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| elefanten
| the elephant
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| Den er magisk
| It is magical
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| Synge som faen
| Sing like hell
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| Hele stammen slang seg med I dansen
| The whole tribe joined in the I dance
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| Hele stammen slang seg med I dansen
| The whole tribe joined in the I dance
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| Hele stammen slang seg med I dansen
| The whole tribe joined in the I dance
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| S la min lille sambo hans hvite vandro han vifter med terne til
| S let my little partner his white wander he waves terns to
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| Jeg fant en elefant en gang
| I found an elephant once
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| Han hadde ikke hrt min sang
| He had not heard my song
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| S jeg sang min sang for han
| S I sang my song to him
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| Og det er frste gang jeg har sett en elefant dans uup | And it's the first time I've seen an elephant dance uup |