| Det var två ädla konungabarn
| There were two noble royal children
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| Som lova varandra sin tro
| Who promise each other their faith
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| Och den som då skulle svika
| And the one who would then disappoint
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| Skulle leva i stor oro
| Should live in great anxiety
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| Det var en gammal trollekäring
| It was an old witch
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| Som hörde på deras tal
| Who listened to their speech
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| Den kärlek vill jag åtskilja
| I want to separate that love
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| Om jag får leva den dag
| If I can live that day
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| Och hertingen lade sig i sundet och sam
| And the duke lay down in the strait and sam
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| Och böljan slog under hans bröst
| And the wave hit under his chest
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| Men då slockande elder ur lyktan
| But then extinguishing elder from the lantern
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| Som hertingen eftersam
| As the Duke afterward
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| Och jungfrun hon frågar sin fader om råd
| And the maiden she asks her father for advice
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| Allt vid den lilla grönán
| Everything at the little green river
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| Ger ni mig lov spassera gá
| Please give me a walk
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| Allt vid den lilla grönan?
| Everything by the little green?
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| Nog ger jag dig lov spassera gå
| Surely I give you permission to walk go
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| Allt vid den lilla grönan
| Everything by the little green
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| Väck upp din yngsta broder
| Wake up your youngest brother
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| Han kan väl med dig gå
| He can go with you
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| Vad skall min broder dit göra
| What is my brother going to do there?
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| Han kan sig så litet förstå
| He can understand himself so little
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| Han skjuter bort alla små faglar
| He pushes away all the little birds
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| Som vid de vägarna gå
| As at the roads go
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| Och jungfrun gick spassera gå
| And the maiden went for a walk
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| Allt vid den lilla grönån
| Everything by the little green river
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| Och där fick hon se en fiskare
| And there she saw a fisherman
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| Som fiskade allt med sin båt
| Who fished everything with his boat
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| God dag, god dag, ni fiskare
| Good day, good day, nine fishermen
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| God dag uti er bat
| Good day out is bat
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| Har ni sett nágot välboret lik
| Have you seen anything well-born like?
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| Ligga i böljorna blá?
| Lie in the waves blue?
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| Av silke var hans strumpor
| His socks were of silk
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| Och gullspända var hans skor
| And his shoes were gold-plated
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| Och icke jag annat tyckte
| And not I thought otherwise
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| Än att liket icke dit log
| Than the corpse did not smile there
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| Och jungfrun tog ringarna av sin hand
| And the virgin took the rings from her hand
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| Och gullkedjan av sin hals och gav åt en liten fiskare
| And the gold chain of his neck and gave to a little fisherman
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| Som förde bådena fram | Which brought the boats forward |