Lyrics and translation Svavar Knútur - Dansa

Dansa

Bráðum kemur betri tíð (Soon we will have better times)
Með blóm í haga og bleikar kýr (with flowers in the fields and pink cows)
Sem dansa fram á nótt. (that dance into the night.)

Við skulum vera góð og blíð, (We shall be good and sweet)
því senn líður að sláturtíð (for soon it is the time for slaughter)
Og dansa, það verður dansað. (and dance, there will be dance.)

Dansa, hvað er betra en að dansa? (Dancing, what is better than dancing?)

Vetrarnóttin köld og dimm (The winter's night is cold and dark)
En bráðum læðist sólin inn (but soon the sun will sneak inside)
Og dansar fram á nótt. (and dance into the night.)

Þá hverfa ljótar hugsanir (Then all our terrible thoughts will disappear)
Og hörfa allir skuggarnir (and all the shadows will retreat)
Og dansa, þeir munu dansa. (and dance, they will dance.)

Dansa, hvað er betra en að dansa? (Dancing, what is better than dancing?)

Allt sem hvarf og allt sem dó (All that disappeared and all that died)
Mun bráðum hulið undir snjó (will soon be covered under snow)
Sem dansar fram á nótt. (that dances into the night.)

Allar sorgir, öll mín eymd (All the sorrows, all my misery)
Mun bráðum verða grafin gleymd (will soon be buried and forgotten)
Og dansa, við munum dansa. (and dance, we will dance.)

Dansa, hvað er betra en að dansa. (Dancing, what is better than dancing?)

Dansa

Bientôt, il y aura des temps meilleurs (Soon we will have better times)
Avec des fleurs dans les prés et des vaches roses (with flowers in the fields and pink cows)
Qui dansent jusqu'à la nuit. (that dance into the night.)

Nous devrions être bons et doux, (We shall be good and sweet)
Car bientôt vient le temps de l'abattage (for soon it is the time for slaughter)
Et danser, il faut danser. (and dance, there will be dance.)

Danser, quoi de mieux que de danser ? (Dancing, what is better than dancing?)

La nuit d'hiver est froide et sombre (The winter's night is cold and dark)
Mais bientôt le soleil se faufile (but soon the sun will sneak inside)
Et danse jusqu'à la nuit. (and dance into the night.)

Alors, les pensées laides disparaissent (Then all our terrible thoughts will disappear)
Et toutes les ombres se retirent (and all the shadows will retreat)
Et dansent, ils vont danser. (and dance, they will dance.)

Danser, quoi de mieux que de danser ? (Dancing, what is better than dancing?)

Tout ce qui a disparu et tout ce qui est mort (All that disappeared and all that died)
Sera bientôt recouvert de neige (will soon be covered under snow)
Qui danse jusqu'à la nuit. (that dances into the night.)

Toutes les peines, toute ma misère (All the sorrows, all my misery)
Sera bientôt enterrée et oubliée (will soon be buried and forgotten)
Et danser, nous allons danser. (and dance, we will dance.)

Danser, quoi de mieux que de danser. (Dancing, what is better than dancing?)