TOGETHER
My good friend Per Stornes has translated the lyrics of my tune SAMMEN
Thanks to Per.....
Its not easy to translate lyrics...to find a way that Norwegian fjordpoetry make sence in English....but I think he has done a good job for me here..
Together
(..she was only 17, and he only 19...they just met for one week..that summer...he was from the northern part and she was from the southern part of......Norway...and afther 20 years they meet again)
Music and original norwegian lyrics by Oystein Drosshaug
Translation by Per Stornes©..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Now that you are here,
And we're both together
Can we try to get real near
We used to be birds of a feather
Now that you are here,
And we're in tune together
You're my lovely summer's rose
Can we try to get real close
Can we pick up the thread from when we started
When we walked together
And we warmed each others hearts
Can we talk together like we used to
When the meaning of life was all we ever knew
Together
Now that you are here
And I still can see the same grin
All my doubts are fading
I'll trust the memories
Now that you are here
I keep thinking of that summer
When we met and made a bond
And now those days are gone
Can we pick up the thread from when we started…
Now that you are here
I think that we were right when
We were young, we were naive
It was only there and then
Now that you are here,
I wish we could go back there
But the days have come and gone
it didn't turn out like we planned
Can we pick up the thread from when we started…
and finally, here is a more words for words literal translation:
Now that you are here, and we are together
Can we try to get real close, as close as we were the first time
Now that you are here, and we're tuned into each other
The summer weather's nice, let's try and get real close
Chorus:
Can we pick up the thread from where we started
When we walked together and could
feel the warmth from each other
Can we talk together in the same way
the way that you and i could solve the mystery of life together.
Now that you are here, and i still can see the same smile
All my doubts are vanished, i'll trust the memories
Now that you are here, i keep thinking of that summer
When we met and forged a bond, and the days that now are gone
Now that you are here, i think we said all the right things
We were young, we were naive, nothing else mattered
Now that you are here, i wish I could make time stand still
But the days have come and gone, it didn't turn out like we planned
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