Paroles et traduction Lillebjørn Nilsen - Blå Odyssè

Blå Odyssè

Lillebjørn Nilsen - Blå Odysse

Langs kaien vandret vi
Til det gamle tårnet.
Du sa du kjente en herfra.
En gammel mann som i
De vonde førti-årene
Ble emigrant til USA.

Jeg sa: - Tenk om han kan
Huske dette at solen
Gjør tårnet rødt når den går ned!
Du hutret lite grann
I den tynne kjolen.
Men du skulle spørre han om det.

Og da solen sank i havet
Sa du: - Gjør meg varm! Gjør meg varm!

Vi tok et morgenfly
Fra Thessaloniki.
Det flyet landet i Aten.
En mere rastløs by.
En sånn man kanskje kan bli rik i.
Vi ble et par dager. Kanskje en.

Og tok et morgentog.
Hoppet av i Pireus.
Der lå en båt klar til å dra.
Et gammelt norskbygd skrog:
M/S PERSEUS.
Jeg kikket mot det blå. Men været var bra.

Du ville seile hvor enn vi havnet.
Jeg sa: - Gjør meg varm! Gjør meg varm!

Et pussig Stockholms-par
Forlot oss ved Hydra.
Der var det visst helt utrolig gøy ...
Du ga meg et bedre svar
Da jeg sa: - Hvor skal vi dra?
Du sa: - For oss fins det en øy ...
Det var en vakker øy.
Det visste du fra før av.
Jeg sa: - Efharisto! Nå er vi her.
For nå gikk sjøen nokså høy.
Vi åpnet kirkedøra
Så fergemannen så at vi var der.

Du sa: - Efharisto! - Pekte på solen.
-Jeg er varm! Parakalo. -

Blue Odusseia

Lillebjørn Nilsen - Blue Odessey

We strolled along the pier
To the old tower.
You said you knew someone from here.
An old man who in
The bad forties
Emigrated to the USA.

I said: - Imagine if he can
Remember this that the sun
Turns the tower red when it goes down!
You shivered a little
In your thin dress.
But you were going to ask him about it.

And when the sun sank into the sea
You said: - Warm me up! Warm me up!

We took an early plane
From Thessaloniki.
That plane landed in Athens.
An even more restless city.
One that you can perhaps get rich in.
We stayed a couple of days. Maybe one.

And took an early train.
Hopped off in Piraeus.
There a boat was ready to sail.
An old Norwegian-built hull:
M/S PERSEUS.
I looked out at the blue. But the weather was good.

You wanted to sail wherever we ended up.
I said: - Warm me up! Warm me up!

A weird Stockholm couple
Left us at Hydra.
There it was apparently incredible fun ...
You gave me a better answer
When I said: - Where are we going?
You said: - There is an island for us ...
It was a beautiful island.
You knew that before.
I said: - Efharisto! Now we are here.
For now the sea was quite high.
We opened the church door
So the ferryman could see that we were there.

You said: - Efharisto! - Pointed at the sun.
- I am warm! Parakalo. -