Lyrics and translation Halvdan Sivertsen - Charlie

Charlie

En liten fyr med hatt og stokk
Som unge fikk æ aldri nok
Æ hadd en helt og det va du.
Men æ va mindre da enn nu.

Æ både lo og gråt tell dæ.
Men skjønte knapt det du sa tell mæ.
Førr ingen elska mer enn du.
Og æ va mindre da enn nu.

Du va en klovn det lot dem passer.
Men hjertet ditt det va fylt av mer.
Mer enn dem vill' at vi sku' tru.
Og æ va mindre da enn nu.

Du vist' oss fattigdom og nød.
Du vist' oss urett, krig og død.
Du prøvd' å få dem tell å snu.
Men æ va mindre da enn nu.

Dem slo dæ ned, men aldri ut.
Om du forlot ditt land tell slutt.
Æ vet du brente kver ei bru
Men æ va mindre da enn nu.

Ei due i ei ulveti'.
Du sloss førr fred, førr å gjør' oss fri.
Å kjære kIovn, vi treng dæ her,
En liten fyr så stor så svær.
Førr nu forstår æ det du sa.
Og æ e mindre nu enn da.

Charlie

A little guy with a hat and a cane
As a child I never got enough of you
I had a hero and it was you.
But I was younger then than I am now.

I both laughed and cried to you.
But I hardly understood anything you said to me.
For nobody loved more than you.
And I was younger then than I am now.

You were a clown they let pass.
But your heart was filled with more.
More than they wanted us to believe.
And I was younger then than I am now.

You showed us poverty and hardship.
You showed us injustice, war and death.
You tried to make them turn away.
But I was younger then than I am now.

They knocked you down, but never out.
If you left your country in the end.
I know you burnt every bridge
But I was younger then than I am now.

A dove in a wolf's den.
You fought for peace, to make us free.
Oh dear clown, we need you here,
A small person so big and strong.
For now I understand what you said.
And I am smaller now than then.