Lyrics and translation Astrid Lindgren - Vargsången

Vargsången

Vargen ylar i nattens skog,
Han vill men kan inte sova.
Hungern river hans vargabuk,
Och det är kallt i hans stova.

Du varg, du varg, kom inte hit,
Ungen min får du aldrig.

Vargen ylar i nattens skog,
Ylar av hunger och klagan.
Men jag ska ge′n en grisasvans,
Sånt passar i vargamagar.

Du varg, du varg, kom inte hit,
Ungen min får du aldrig.

Sov, mitt barn, i bädden hos mor,
Låt vargen yla i natten.

Men jag ska ge'n en hönsaskank,
Om ingen annan har tatt ′en.

Du varg, du varg, kom inte hit,
Ungen min får du aldrig.

The Wolf's Song

The wolf howls in the night forest,
He wants, but he can't sleep.
Hunger ravages his wolf's stomach,
And it's cold in his den.

You wolf, you wolf, don't come here,
You'll never get my child.

The wolf howls in the night forest,
Howls with hunger and misery.
But I'll give him a pig's tail,
That's what suits a wolf's stomach.

You wolf, you wolf, don't come here,
You'll never get my child.

Sleep, my child, in your mother's bed,
Let the wolf howl in the night.

But I'll give him a chicken leg,
If no one else has taken it.

You wolf, you wolf, don't come here,
You'll never get my child.