Paroles et traduction Erlend Ropstad - I ly for livet

I ly for livet

Det skjedde på stien ner til vannet
Æ husker røttan over bakken
Og da æ satt mæ ned
Da holdt du rundt min ankel

Æ forsøkte å lese i sola
Og du spurte hva det var
På dagen da nakken brant
Reiste lyden av båter over vann

Æ lå i ly for livet hos dæ da
Men broren din, å blei han av?

Du vet åssen lyden bærer over vann
Æ tror det var Cohen de sang
Lys fra båten til København
Æ venta på at bølgan sku treffe land

Æ tror æ vet hva du ville sagt
Det e viktig at vi e lige
Som de fattige bjørkan i fjellet
At vi ikke tenker altfor lenge

Æ så dæ først, så egentlig
Skulle ingen andre få dæ

Aah, i stedet for å vær med dæ da bålet brant
Tenkte æ at mørket sluker flammen
Tenkte æ at snart blir det kaldt
Så kaldt det bare blir på sommeren

Å, vi fant stien gjennom mørket
Æ vikla ... over rota
Æ husker at du sa
Slukk lykta, slukk lykta

Og det ble mørkt i ett sekund
Og du forsvant i samme stund

I ran for my life

It happened on the path down to the water
I remember the roots over the ground
And when I sat down
You held onto my ankle

I tried to read in the sun
And you asked what it was
On the day when my neck burned
The sound of boats over water traveled

I took shelter from life with you then
But your brother, what became of him?

You know how sound carries over water
I think it was Cohen they sang
Light from the boat to Copenhagen
I waited for the wave to hit land

I think I know what you would have said
It's important that we are equal
Like the poor birch trees in the mountains
That we don't think for too long

I saw you first, so really
No one else should have you

Aah, instead of being with you when the fire burned
I thought that the darkness would swallow the flame
I thought that soon it would be cold
As cold as it only gets in the summertime

Oh, we found the path through the darkness
I twisted ... over the root
I remember you said
Turn off the light, turn off the light

And it was dark for a second
And you disappeared at the same moment