| En smøg der ryger sig selv
| A smoke that smokes itself
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| På kanten af mit hvide klaver
| On the edge of my white piano
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| Tegner med røg de toner i luften
| Draw with smoke the tones in the air
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| Som jeg komponerer
| As I compose
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| Og det sku' bli' en sang
| And it's going to be a song
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| Der sagde de ting jeg aldrig siger
| That said the things I never say
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| Hvad du betyder
| What you mean
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| Alt hvad du gi’r
| Everything you give
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| Men det så svært at få det sagt
| But it was so hard to get it said
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| Alle de kønne ord får jeg ødelagt
| All the nice words I get ruined
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| For hvordan sku' jeg kunne tilegne dig
| For how sku 'I could acquire you
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| Ord der klinger lidt smukt
| Words that sound a little beautiful
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| Dem jeg finder på har alle de andre jo brugt.
| The ones I come up with have all the others used.
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| Det er så svært at få det sagt
| It's so hard to get it said
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| Der sad jeg så med alle sanser vakt
| There I sat with all my senses awake
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| Kradsede ned en enkelt besked
| Scratched down a single message
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| Jeg si’r den kort som den var:
| I say it briefly as it was:
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| «Du' det dejligste jeg har».
| "You're the nicest I have."
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| Tangenterne for enden
| The keys at the end
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| Af min finger falder til
| Of my finger falls to
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| Min melodi til dig den lyder
| My tune to you it sounds
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| Præcis som jeg vil
| Exactly as I want
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| Med ordene går det knapt så let
| With words, it's not so easy
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| Skønt jeg har prøvet tit
| Although I have tried often
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| At skrive dig sange
| To write you songs
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| Et vers der var dit
| A verse that was yours
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| Men det så svært at få det sagt
| But it was so hard to get it said
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| Alle de kønne ord får jeg ødelagt.
| All the nice words I get ruined.
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| For hvordan sku' jeg kunne tilegne dig
| For how sku 'I could acquire you
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| Ord der klinger lidt smukt
| Words that sound a little beautiful
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| Dem jeg finder på har alle de andre jo brugt
| The ones I come up with have all the others used
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| Det er så svært at få det sagt
| It's so hard to get it said
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| Der sad jeg så med alle sanser vakt
| There I sat with all my senses awake
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| Kradsede ned en enkelt besked
| Scratched down a single message
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| Jeg si’r den kort som den var:
| I say it briefly as it was:
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| «Du' det dejligste jeg har». | "You're the nicest I have." |