Paroles et traduction Bjørn Eidsvåg - Sveken Mann

Sveken Mann

Han forlot alt han hadde
For det han aldri hadde fått
Han blei dyrka og elska
I et regnbueslott
Og han elska igjen som ein hengiven unge
Han dansa og sang songar
Som han aldri hadde sunge'

Nå bur han aleina i minnenes land
Prinsessa forlot han
Han e' ein sveken mann.

Nå vett han godt ka skyld e'
Og han drikke når han kan
For å holde på skammen
Og forbli ei slagen mann
Vennene har meldt seg
Han e' redd for kjeft og skjenn
Ungane hans savna'n
Men han drar'kje heim igjen.

Nå bur han aleina i minnenes land
Prinsessa forlot han
Han e' ein sveken mann.

Av alt det han forlot
Va' det versta bud og krav
Som ein øvelse i bot slo han nådekranå av.

Betrayed Man

He left everything he had
For what he had never received
He was worshipped and loved
In a rainbow castle
And he loved back like a devoted boy
He danced and sang songs
Like he had never sung'

Now he lives alone in the land of memories
The princess left him
He is a betrayed man.

Now he knows what guilt is
And he drinks when he can
To hold onto the shame
And to remain a defeated man
Friends have reached out
He is afraid of reprimands and scoldings
His children miss him
But he will not go home again.

Now he lives alone in the land of memories
The princess left him
He is a betrayed man.

Of all that he left
The worst was orders and demands
As an exercise in penance, he beat himself up.