Текст и перевод песни Morten Harket - Den Fremmede

Den Fremmede

Jeg fulgte to som vandret for seg selv
I sorg på veiene til Emmaus;
Jeg så at alt de trodde lå i grus,
Og lot som om jeg ville ta farvel.
Men lyset sank, og dagen var på hell,
I ødemarken vidt om Emmaus;
De så at jeg var fremmed i hvert hus,
Og ba meg: Vandrer, bli hos oss i kveld.
Jeg ble hos dem og hørte at det satt
Forvåkede og talte om en bror
Som Gud lot dø alene og forlatt.
Da sto jeg opp, av sorg for disse ord;
Alene gikk jeg brt fra byens natt,
Og gav meg hen til dyr; og trær, og jord.

The Stranger

I followed two who walked alone
In sorrow on the roads to Emmaus;
I saw that all they believed lay in ruins,
And pretended I would say goodbye.
But the light was fading, and the day was drawing to a close,
In the vast wilderness around Emmaus;
They saw that I was a stranger in every house,
And asked me: Wanderer, stay with us tonight.
I stayed with them and heard that it was said
By those who were awake and spoke of a brother
Whom God had let die alone and forsaken.
Then I stood up, grieved by these words;
Alone I walked away from the city night,
And gave myself to animals, and trees, and earth.