Paroles et traduction Bjørn Eidsvåg - Chelsea

Chelsea

Tausheten veide fleire tonn
Kuldå satt i marg og bein
Far sitt fall hadde gjort det sånn
Mor bare grein og grein
Ord gjorde bare vondt verre
Her råda anger og forakt
Ikkje eingong Vårherre
Konne ha gjenskapt kontakt
Tausheten veide fleire tonn

Barnet kjente sorg og lammande frykt
Alt va i ferd med å forsvinna
Ingenting va lenger i nærheten av trygt
Koss konne solå fortsatt skinna
å se dei store bli bittesmå
Gjør ein liten så vondt
Det lar seg simpelthen ikkje forstå
Alt va i ferd med å gå sondt
Barnet kjente sorg og lammande frykt

Her var det ingen plass for kjeft
Barnet var mimikklaust og stille
Men med barnets kløkt, og barnets teft
Gjorde hu under, den lille
Hu visste ikkje nåke om kor det bar
Men ga dei begge ei hånd
Først ei til mor, og så ei til far
Sånn blei hu ei bru – og et bånd
Sånn blei barnet ei bru og et bånd

Så uskyldige og lojale
Så naturlige og geniale
Det e sjølva livet det står om for dei
Måtte det alltid gå barnas vei

Hu visste ikkje nåke om kor det bar
Men ga dei begge ei hånd
Først ei til mor, og så ei til far
Sånn blei hu ei bru – og et bånd
Sånn blei barnet ei bru og et bånd

Chelsea

The silence weighed several tons
The cold sat in marrow and bone
Father's fall had made it so
Mother just cried and cried
Words only made it worse
Here reigned remorse and contempt
Not even the Lord
Could have recreated contact
The silence weighed several tons

The child felt grief and crippling fear
Everything was about to disappear
Nothing was safe anymore
How could the sun still shine
and watch the big ones become tiny
It hurts so much to be small
It simply cannot be understood
Everything was about to rupture
The child felt grief and crippling fear

There was no room for scolding here
The child was expressionless and silent
But with the child's wisdom and the child's instinct
She performed miracles, the little one
She knew nothing about where it would lead
But gave them both a hand
First one to mother, and then one to father
That's how she became a bridge – and a bond
That's how the child became a bridge and a bond

So innocent and loyal
So natural and brilliant
It is their very lives at stake
May it always go the children's way

She knew nothing about where it would lead
But gave them both a hand
First one to mother, and then one to father
That's how she became a bridge – and a bond
That's how the child became a bridge and a bond