| En stund var gått sia skuta dro
| For a while the ship had left
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| Mannskapet svettet og bølgene slo
| The crew was sweating and the waves were beating
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| Vi fulgte kursen for fulle seil
| We followed the course for full sails
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| Uvisse om at en storm var på vei
| Unsure that a storm was on its way
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| Himmelen åpnet seg
| The sky opened up
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| Vi klamret oss til stag og spleis
| We clung to stays and splices
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| Styrmannen druknet, og masten brakk
| The helmsman drowned, and the mast broke
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| Helvete våknet denne natt
| Hell woke up that night
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| Kyklopisk tordendrønn
| Cyclopic thunderstorm
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| Kapteinen ba sin siste bønn
| The captain said his last prayer
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| Aldri om vi kommer fra med livet i behold
| Never if we come from with life intact
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| Fanden gir og fanden tar
| The devil gives and the devil takes
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| Glem det liv som en gang var
| Forget the life it once was
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| Fandens giv for nattens nød
| Give the devil for the night's distress
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| Før vi våkner skal vi dø!
| Before we wake up we are going to die!
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| Etter mange timer i stormens vrede
| After many hours in the wrath of the storm
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| Nådde skipet endelig havn
| The ship finally reached port
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| Stanken av gjenglemt, fremfaren aske
| The stench of forgotten, ascended ashes
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| Vekket frykten i alle mann
| Aroused the fear in every man
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| Storm!
| Storm!
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| Vi fant et vertshus og slo oss ned
| We found an inn and settled down
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| Her kunne alle ta en øl i fred
| Here everyone could have a beer in peace
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| Jeg kom ved uhell til å velte et glass
| I accidentally overturned a glass
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| Og det var slik det hele gikk i dass
| And that's how it all went
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| Never fløy fra hver en kant
| Never flew from every single edge
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| Mens flasker knuste og blodet rant
| While bottles shattered and blood flowed
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| Kokken slo ut tenna på en møy han tok for fant
| The chef turned his teeth on a girl he had found
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| Rundjulte rømte vi med lommer fylt av husets dram
| We escaped round Christmas with pockets filled with the house's dram
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| Men fra havna så vi skipet seile fra oss alle mann
| But from the harbor we saw the ship sailing away from us all man
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| Fanden gir og fanden tar
| The devil gives and the devil takes
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| Glem det liv som en gang var
| Forget the life it once was
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| Fandens giv for nattens nød
| Give the devil for the night's distress
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| Før vi våkner skal vi dø! | Before we wake up we are going to die! |