| Vare far var tung och dyster, vare mor var strng och vacker,
| Every father was heavy and gloomy, every mother was stern and beautiful,
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| Vi hukade oss fare hennes dagliga attacker.
| We crouched down in danger of her daily attacks.
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| Stng ute vrldens onskedom, bli blind och dv och stum,
| Shut out the wickedness of the world, become blind and deaf and dumb,
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| Om du ter fare mycket blir du lng och tjock och dum.
| If you are in danger a lot, you will be tall and fat and stupid.
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| Men h, h vad livet are trist, fare en fjril som aldrig fare flyga.
| But h, h what life is sad, danger a butterfly that never danger fly.
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| h, klockan tickar, och tillsist blir vi vissna och gra,
| h, the clock is ticking, and at last we are withered and gray,
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| are det det de hoppas p?
| are they what they are hoping for?
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| Vare dag var som ett schema, frst mla och brodera,
| Every day was like a schedule, first paint and embroider,
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| Se p nare far och mor t frukost, sedan konversera.
| Look at father and mother for breakfast, then have a conversation.
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| En timme som tv timmar schack, en timme promenad,
| An hour like two hours of chess, an hour of walking,
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| Och I schack fick han alltid vinna, men inte blev han glad.
| And in chess he always got to win, but he was not happy.
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| Men h, h vad livet are tomt, att g instngd och tassa och smyga.
| But h, h what life is empty, to go in and paw and sneak.
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| h, sitta still och ta det lugnt, nare jag lskar att snubbla
| h, sit still and take it easy, nare I love to stumble
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| Liksom jorden snurrar runt.
| Like the earth spinning around.
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| Fredrika klippte mnster I mattan och gardinen,
| Fredrika cut patterns in the carpet and the curtain,
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| Hon snattade I skafferiet, krossade porslinet.
| She ransacked the pantry, smashed the crockery.
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| Hon eldade med spetsnsdukar och med klnningen,
| She fired with lace cloths and with the dress,
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| Fick en rfil fare det, men gjorde samma sak igen.
| Got a rfil danger there, but did the same thing again.
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| Fare h, hela livet drar frbi, medan vi kvvs ihjl hare I huset.
| Danger h, all life goes by, while we kvvs ihjl hare In the house.
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| h, frost och mgel inuti, och jag skakar mitt galler,
| h, frost and mgel inside, and I shake my lattice,
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| Och jag lngtar att bli fri. | And I long to be free. |
| Bli fri, bli fri, bli fri… | Get free, get free, get free… |