Translation of the song lyrics De Tyske Soldater - Pede B

De Tyske Soldater (original)

For ti år siden på et lille hospital
Der holdt han sit livs allersidste tale
For der var noget som de hellere måtte finde frem igen
For hans søster boede stadigvæk i deres barndomshjem
Og under gulvbrædderne der lå det stadig
Støvet, rustent, koldt og ubehageligt
De ringede da de fandt den
Betjenten fra Hillerød var ved at få kaffen galt i halsen
Ingen af os kendte detaljerne
For han har aldrig rigtig fortalt om det
Men frihedsfonden gav ham penge til sin dødsdag
Hvilket siger mig der lå noget seriøst bag
Det gir' mig noget at leve op til
Vil så gerne tænke jeg kan stå der med folkene
Men jeg må droppe det, selvom tanken den er lokkende
Kan ikk' sætte mig ind i hvordan de så på odds’ne
Vender mit syn mod de faner
Der stod på halvt på grund af tyske soldater
Vi så dem som syge psykopater
Der gik rundt i gaden som et syret teater
Min familie gjorde ord til handling
Og valgte med den satsning at risikere alting
Ved ikke om det var sådan jeg vil ha tacklet det
Men jeg ønsker det brændende
Min morfars storebror tog sin afsked ved
At fortælle hvor maskingeværet var gravet ned
For de var frihedskæmpere, og det er tit jeg tænker
Om jeg ku' gøre som disse mennesker
Ville væde med jeg ville hade de tyske soldater
Opfordre folk til at skyde på de tabere
Ønske de var i overfyldte lokaler
Der blev bombarderet med bly og granater
Eller andre våben, lige i kraniet på dem
Spytte i gulvet når folk nævnte navnet på dem
Folk valgte side og endte med at dø for dem
Min bedste vens oldefar faldt ved østfronten
Og vi har set billeder i sort hvid
Af ham som nazist fra en alt for fjern fortid
Vi havde forfædre på hver vores side
Så jeg gad godt vide
Om vi overhovedet ville kunne sammen
Hvis vi havde levet i den kulde sammen
For når hadet i dig hyler og vræler
Ser du kun tyske soldater
Min morfars storebror tog sin afsked ved
At fortælle hvor maskingeværet var gravet ned
For de var frihedskæmpere, og det er tit jeg tænker
Om jeg ku' gøre som disse mennesker

De Tyske Soldater (translation)

Ten years ago in a small hospital
There he gave the very last speech of his life
Because there was something they had better find out again
For his sister still lived in their childhood home
And under the floorboards there it still lay
Dusty, rusty, cold and uncomfortable
They called when they found it
The officer from Hillerød was getting the coffee wrong in his throat
None of us knew the details
Because he never really told about it
But the Freedom Fund gave him money for his day of death
Which tells me there was something serious behind it
It gives me something to live up to
Would so like to think I can stand there with the people
But I have to drop it, even if the thought is enticing
Can not understand how they looked at the odds
Turns with his mod the tabs
There stood at half because of German soldiers
We saw them as sick psychopaths
It walked around the street like an acid theater
My family turned words into action
And chose with that bet to risk everything
Do not know if that was how I would have tackled it
But I want it burning
My grandfather's big brother said goodbye
To tell where the machine gun was dug down
Because they were freedom fighters, and that's often I think
If I could do like these people
Would bet I would hate the German soldiers
Encourage people to shoot at the losers
Wish they were in crowded rooms
They were bombarded with lead and grenades
Or other weapons, right in the skull of them
Spit in the floor when people mentioned the name of them
People chose side and ended up dying for them
My best friend's great-grandfather fell on the eastern front
And we've seen pictures in black and white
By him as a Nazi from an all too distant past
We had ancestors on each our side
So I was wondering
If we could be together at all
If we had lived in that cold together
For when the hatred within you howls and howls
Do you see only German soldiers
My grandfather's big brother said goodbye
To tell where the machine gun was dug down
Because they were freedom fighters, and that's often I think
If I could do like these people