Paroles et traduction Ulf Lundell - Tanker

Tanker

Strax fre jul frs fjrden en vecka
Sen fll en sn ltt som puder
Liam och Balk str p stranden och hr
Hur den dr isen rmar och ljuder
Hur du n vnder det
Lite mer ibland, lite mindre
Lev ditt liv som du vill, sjer Balk
Bttre utan en kvinna
Dom tar ngra hl nra rnnan
Och snker ner sina don
Passar en flaska mellan sej
Solan lgt ver arna
En Tanker under bron
Lever jag sjlv, sjer Balk
R 75 procent ok, 25 mindre bra
Med en kvinna i huset r det tvrtom
S vad vljer jag?
I rnnan glider den dr Tankern frbi
Som en jttevgg av stl
Dom kan knna hur isen sklver
Vattnet vller upp ur deras hl
Hennes namn r Durga
Balk sjer: Hon gr tom
Vid relingen i aktern str nn och vinkar ner
God jul, sjer Balk, vem du n r
Vart du n r p vg
Solen gr ner bakom arna
Som i en stor ken av sn
Liam hller i flaskan och sjer
Dr vinkade hon adj
Hur ser helgerna ut, blir du kvar i stan?
Dom gr hemt genom skogen sen
Hugger sej varsin gran

Tanker

Soon, Christmas Eve would approach from the fjord, a week from now
Then, a blanket of snow fell softly, like powder
Liam and Balk strolled along the beach, listening
As the ice groaned and cracked
As you do, below it
A little more some times, a little less others
Live your life as you please, Balk said
Better off without a woman
They drilled a couple of holes near the edge
And lowered their lines
Passing a bottle between them
The sun hung low over the islands
A Tanker under the bridge
I live alone, said Balk
It's 75 percent OK, 25 percent less so
With a woman in the house, it's the other way around
So what do I choose?
In the channel, that Tanker was gliding past
Like a giant wall of steel
They could feel the ice tremble
Water gushing up from their holes
Her name is Durga
Balk said: She's running empty
Someone at the stern rail was waving down
Merry Christmas, said Balk, whoever you are
Wherever you're headed
The sun was setting behind the islands
As in a vast oven of snow
Liam held the bottle and said
There she waved goodbye
What are the holidays like, are you staying in town?
Then they walked home through the forest
Each chopping down a fir tree