Paroles et traduction Johnny Madsen - Mandolinspilleren

Mandolinspilleren

Byen lå der som en invalid
Toget rulled ind ved middagstid
Støvet hviled under himlens tag
Og luften bar på en eftersmag

Han stod der pludselig med sin mandolin
Og han spilled som et smykkeskrin
Måske var det bare hans manér
Måske var tiden bare en anden der

Byen hang ham på en bakketop
Og i østen stiger solen op
Den varmer vinden der glider forbi
Og minder byen om dens melodi

Mandolin Player

The town lay there like an invalid
The train rolled in at noon
The dust rested under the sky's roof
And the air carried an aftertaste

He stood there suddenly with his mandolin
And he played like a jewel box
Maybe it was just his style
Maybe time was just different there

The town hung him on a hilltop
And in the east the sun rises
It warms the wind that glides past
And reminds the city of its melody