Lyrics of Den Fremmede - Morten Harket

Den Fremmede (original)

Jeg fulgte to som vandret for seg selv
I sorg på veiene til Emmaus;
Jeg så at alt de trodde lå i grus
Og lot som om jeg ville ta farvel
Men lyset sank, og dagen var på hell
I ødemarken vidt om Emmaus;
De så at jeg var fremmed i hvert hus
Og ba meg: Vandrer, bli hos oss i kveld
Jeg ble hos dem og hørte at det satt
Forvåkede og talte om en bror
Som Gud lot dø alene og forlatt
Da sto jeg opp, av sorg for disse ord;
Alene gikk jeg brt fra byens natt
Og gav meg hen til dyr;
og trær, og jord

(translation)

I followed two who walked for themselves
In mourning on the roads of Emmaus;
I saw that everything they thought was in rubble
And pretended I wanted to say goodbye
But the light went down, and the day was on luck
In the wilderness far beyond Emmaus;
They saw that I was a stranger in every house
And asked me: Hiker, stay with us tonight
I stayed with them and heard that it was sitting
Watched and talked about a brother
As God let die alone and abandoned
Then I arose, mourning for those words;
Alone, I left the city night
And gave me to animals;
and trees, and soil