Lyrics and translation Trygve Skaug - Nouraddins vise

Nouraddins vise

Var du sånn som meg
Sånn som så en annen veg
Hvis det var du som sto
Og jeg som halte og dro
For å slippe inn å bli hos deg

Var du en av dem
Som mente allting var en drøm
Hvis det var storm og flom
Og det var jeg som kom
Og du slapp taket i det du ropte "svøm"

Hvis det var det her jeg sa
Jeg hadde rømt ifra
Og jeg først hadde finni frem
Så bare jages jeg hjem igjen

Hørte du meg først
Når jeg var sulten, redd og tørst
Og det var tungt å gå
Du sa du hadde gått her du og
Her som natta synes aller størst

Hvis det var det her jeg sa
Jeg hadde rømt ifra
Og jeg førsh hadde finni frem
Så bare jages jeg hjem igjen

Var du sånn som meg
Sånn som så en annnen veg
Hvis det var du som sto
Og jeg som halte og dro
For å slippe inn og bli hos deg
For å slippe inn å bli
Hos deg

Nouraddin's song

If you were like me
Like you saw another way
If you were the one who was standing
And I who halted and dragged
To be able to get in and be with you

Were you one of those
Who thought everything was just a dream
If there were to be a storm and flood
And I was the one who would come
And you let go of me while you shouted "swim"

If that was what I said
I had escaped from
And I had finally arrived
Then I'm just being hunted back home again

Did you hear me first
When I was hungry, scared and thirsty
And it was hard to walk
You said you had walked here too
Here where the night seems biggest

If that was what I said
I had escaped from
And I had finally arrived
Then I'm just being hunted back home again

Were you like me
Like you saw another way
If you were the one who was standing
And I who halted and dragged
To be able to get in and be with you
To be able to get in and be
With you