| Jag har drmt att jag en visa skulle sjunga,
| I have dreamed that I would sing a song,
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| Om alla sjlarnas fasor, alla himlarnas ljus,
| About all the horrors of all souls, all the light of heaven,
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| Om nare all vrlden jag ser dansa och gunga
| About almost all the world I see dancing and swinging
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| Och darra I draktigt rus.
| And tremble in pregnant intoxication.
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| Jag har drmt, att nare alla stjrnor skina,
| I have dreamed that almost all the stars shine,
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| ver vildmark som viskar, vad I ensamheten hnt,
| over wilderness whispering, what In loneliness hnt,
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| Att alla vindar som kring tjrnlanden vina,
| That all the winds that blow around the fjords,
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| Skulle lra mig att kvda vad jag knt.
| Would teach me to chew what I could.
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| Jag har drmt att en liten, liten kvinna,
| I have dreamed that a small, small woman,
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| Skulle sva mig med visor, skulle smeka mig med skratt,
| Would swear me with songs, would caress me with laughter,
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| Och nare allt som jag byggt mste brinna,
| And almost everything I built must burn,
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| Skulle flja mig I elddopets natt.
| Should follow me on the night of the baptism of fire.
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| Jag har tnkt att alla jagande ren,
| I have thought that all hunting reindeer,
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| Som har ddat det jag lskat, som ha stulit vad jag ftt
| Who has killed what I loved, who has stolen what I got
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| Skulle lra mig en visa om vren,
| Would teach me a song about spring,
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| Som har bott hos mig och blndat mig och gtt.
| Who has lived with me and mixed me and gone.
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| Jag har trott att alla stormarna som rasat,
| I thought all the storms that raged,
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| I min sjl skulle blandas till en vansinnig sng.
| In my soul would be mixed into an insane song.
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| Att dare jag snavat ver helvetet och fasat,
| To dare I stumbled over hell and dreaded,
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| Jag skulle lra mig dess visor en gng.
| I would learn its songs once.
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| Men se mitt solur mot middagen skrider,
| But watch my sundial towards dinner slip,
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| Och aldrig har jag sjungit vad mitt hjrta har bett!
| And I have never sung what my heart has asked for!
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| Skall jag sjunga frst I ddsskuggans tider,
| Shall I sing first In the times of the shadow of death,
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| Nare det ndlsa mrkret jag har sett?
| Closer to the ndlsa darkness I've seen?
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| Jag har drmt, att nare alla stjrnor skina,
| I have dreamed that almost all the stars shine,
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| ver vildmark som viskar, vad I ensamheten hnt,
| over wilderness whispering, what In loneliness hnt,
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| Att alla vindar som kring tjrnlanden vina,
| That all the winds that blow around the fjords,
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| Skulle lra mig att kvda vad jag knt. | Would teach me to chew what I could. |