Paroles et traduction Halvdan Sivertsen - Speil

Speil

Skolevei blant bilan, en lekeplass av stein,
Der går ho på to små bein
Det e rikelig i Norge og ho sku' gjerne visst
Koførr må de minste bestandig komme sist?

Det e så mange sånne små
Vi lar dem gå vi lar dem gå
Det e ikke vårres feil
Det e så mange sånne små
Vi lar dem gå vi lar dem gå
Vi ser oss i speil i speil

Matstasjon' e målet, sulten e så stor
Han går, men vet knapt nok kor
Det e rikelig i verden og han sku gjerne visst
Koførr må de minste bestandig komme sist.

Det e så mange sånne små
Vi lar dem gå vi lar dem gå
Det e ikke vårres feil
Det e så mange sånne små
Vi lar dem gå vi lar dem gå
Vi ser oss i speil i speil

En guttunge, ei jente, så va dem' ikke mer.
Vi vet, det skjer og skjer
Og dem som ska' bestemme og korsen alt ska' bli
Vi skjønne ka dem tenke, men ikke ka dem si.

Det e så mange sånne små
Vi lar dem gå vi lar dem gå
Det e ikke vårres feil
Det e så mange sånne små
Vi lar dem gå vi lar dem gå
Vi ser oss i speil i speil

Mirror

School path amidst cars, a playground of stone,
There she goes on two little feet
There's plenty in Norway and she'd like to know
Why must the little ones always come last?

There are so many such little ones
We let them go we let them go
It's not our fault
There are so many such little ones
We let them go we let them go
We look at ourselves in the mirror in the mirror

The food station is the goal, the hunger is so great
He walks, but hardly knows where
There's plenty in the world and he'd like to know
Why must the little ones always come last.

There are so many such little ones
We let them go we let them go
It's not our fault
There are so many such little ones
We let them go we let them go
We look at ourselves in the mirror in the mirror

A little boy, a little girl, that's all they were.
We know, it happens and happens
And those who are to decide and how everything is to be
We understand what they think, but not what they say.

There are so many such little ones
We let them go we let them go
It's not our fault
There are so many such little ones
We let them go we let them go
We look at ourselves in the mirror in the mirror