Paroles et traduction Helge Borglund feat. Rita Engebretsen - Barnetro

Barnetro

Har du end din barnetro
Med fra barndomshjemmets bo –
Beder du den gamle bøn, du altid bad:
"Fader, se med kærlighed
Til mit ringe leje ned"?
Bønnen gjorde dig så lykkelig og glad!

Barnetro, barnetro –
Til Himmelen du er en gylden bro.

Måske vandred' du omkring
For at søge verdens ting
Og i fremmed land du efter lykken jog.
Du har grædt så mangen gang,
Når du lytted' til en sang,
Som du kendte fra det hjem, hvorfra du drog.

Som en sejler, der fandt havn,
Var du tryk i moders favn,
Når hun strøj din kind og sang om englevagt.
Hendes stemme blev så blød,
Når du sad på hendes skød
Og hun skildred' Himmelhjemmets glans og pragt.

Du kan få det godt som før, hvis du åbner hjertets dør –
Barndomstidens fryd du eje skal for vist!
Du kan synge glad i sind:
"Himmelen på ny er min!" –
Og der bliver jubel blandt Guds engle hist!

Cradle Faith

Have you still your childhood faith
From your childhood home –
Do you ask the old prayer you always prayed:
"Father, look with love
To my lowly bed"?
Prayer made you so happy and glad!

Childhood faith, childhood faith –
To Heaven, you are a golden bridge.

Perhaps you've wandered around
In search of worldly things
And hunted for happiness in foreign lands.
You have wept so many times,
When you listened to a song,
That you knew from the home from which you left.

Like a sailor who has found port,
You were safe in mother's arms,
When she stroked your cheek and sang about the angels' watch.
Her voice became so soft,
When you sat on her lap
And she described Heaven's splendor and glory.

You can have it just as well as before, if you open your heart's door –
The joy of childhood you will surely own!
You can sing happily in your mind:
"Heaven is mine again!" –
And there will be jubilation among God's angels there!