| En enlig lille muse har det svære' end man tror
| A lone little muse has a hard time 'than you think
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| Man befinder sig skidt mellem himmel og jord
| One finds oneself dirt between heaven and earth
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| Man slider og man slæber, men hvad skal man stille op
| You wear and you drag, but what do you have to line up
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| Med sit gode humør og sin medbragte krop
| With his good mood and his brought-in body
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| Man var så oplagt til alt, da man kom
| You were so obvious to everything when you came
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| Men det er der ing’n, der bekymrer sig om
| But no one cares
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| En muses live og levned, det betyder ikke spor
| A mouse's life and life, it does not mean tracks
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| Man er bare et fnug mellem himmel og jord
| One is just a fluff between heaven and earth
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| En muse er en pligtopfyld’ne lille meteor
| A muse is a dutiful little meteor
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| Hun er alltid på fart mellem himmel og jord
| She is always on the move between heaven and earth
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| Hun kommer, når det kaldes, og hun ofrer hvad hun kan
| She comes when called and she sacrifices what she can
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| Om det så er seg selv, for at frelse en mand
| If it is then itself, to save a man
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| Ak, men hvad har man så ud af sit job
| Alas, but what have you got out of your job
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| Kun vrøvl og spetakler, og så skal man op
| Only nonsense and riots, and then you have to get up
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| De småting, man har ordnet, nævnes ikke met et ord
| The little things that have been arranged are not mentioned in a word
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| Man har kun gjort sin pligt mellem himmel og jord
| One has only done his duty between heaven and earth
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| Der' mend nok her i verden, en er lille, en er stor
| There 'men enough in this world, one is small, one is big
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| Og de lover en alt mellem himmel og jord
| And they promise an all between heaven and earth
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| Men manden, ham den rigti’e, der får pulsen til at slå
| But the man, him the rigti’e who makes the pulse beat
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| Det man som, man ved, at man aldrig kan få
| What you like, you know you can never get
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| Jordiske piger til alteret går
| Earthly girls to the altar go
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| Den chance er der ingen muse, der får
| That chance no muse gets
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| Så muser de må hell’re blive hjemme, hvor de bor
| So mice should rather stay at home where they live
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| De får hjerterne knust mellem himmel og jord | They get hearts broken between heaven and earth |