Och snon foll vit i vinterskog
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dar raven stod pa lur
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for tystnaden i blanad vildmarkstrakt.
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Har drojde du vid kojans eld
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och dromde om en var
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och skrev din sang och holl vid milan vakt.
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Nu porlar den i varens tid
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din fors i milsvid skog!
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Nu surrar den av bin din sommarang!
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Jag anar spar av karva steg
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som trotta spelman tog
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och rosors blod
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i ton fran sorgens strang.
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An sjunger vinden vida,
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nar hosten brinner rod,
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din sang om livets villkor,
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om kamp for hem och brod.
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Nu porlar den i varens tid
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din fors i milsvid skog!
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Nu surrar den av bin
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din sommarang!
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Jag anar spar av karva steg
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som trotta spelman tog
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och rosors blod
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i ton fran sorgens strang.
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Du vandrare, du speleman,
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du kung i tiggardrakt,
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du brann i natten fylld av kold och is.
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Den eld som brann den varmer an,
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din saga och din dikt
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om evig sol och sommarparadis.
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Nu porlar den i varens tid
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din fors i milsvid skog!
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Nu surrar den av bin din sommarang!
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Jag anar spar av karva steg
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som trotta spelman tog
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och rosors blod
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i ton fran sorgens strang.
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An sjunger vinden vida,
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nar hosten brinner rod,
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din sang om livets villkor,
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om kamp for hem och brod.
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Nu porlar den i varens tid
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din fors i milsvid skog!
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Nu surrar den av bin
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din sommarang!
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Jag anar spar av karva steg
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som trotta spelman tog
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och rosors blod
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i ton fran sorgens strang.
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[Authorized English version of the song]
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The snow fell white in Winterą„s woods
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where foxes stood on guard,
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in silence in the timber-cutters gash
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In patient watch you also stood,
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as charcoal slowly charred,
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composing verse while embers turned to ash.
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Loud ripples from the river-bed.
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The forest stretches wide.
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The busy bees are buzzing now itą„s Spring.
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I sense the sound of heavy tread
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as tired fiddlers stride,
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and roses bleed in tune with sorrową„s strings.
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The wild winds sing their sombre tones
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when Autumn turns to red.
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The song of tribulation,
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the fight for daily bread.
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Loud ripples from the river-bed.
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The forest stretches wide,
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The busy bees are buzzing now itą„s Spring.
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I sense the sound of heavy tread
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as tired fiddlers stride,
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and roses bleed in tune with sorrową„s strings.
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A wanderer, a minstrel man,
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a king, though clad in rags.
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A charcoal burner, midst the snow and ice.
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The flame you lit still spreads your heat
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in stories and in verse
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on sunlight in a Summer paradise.
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Loud ripples from the river-bed.
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The forest stretches wide.
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The busy bees are buzzing now itą„s Spring.
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I sense the sound of heavy tread
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as tired fiddlers stride,
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and roses bleed in tune with sorrową„s strings.
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The wild winds sing their sombre tones
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when Autumn turns to red.
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The song of tribulation,
|
the fight for daily bread.
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Loud ripples from the river-bed.
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The forest stretches wide,
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The busy bees are buzzing now itą„s Spring.
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I sense the sound of heavy tread
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as tired fiddlers stride,
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and roses bleed in tune with sorrową„s strings.
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Till En Vildmarkspoet
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| Alexander Rybak |
