Alf Prøysen — Ungkarssorg song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Ungkarssorg" by Alf Prøysen.

Lyrics

Je hadde ei jinte som je var så glad i
Vi brukte å møtes på vægom i blant
Å hadde je blund på et øvve i mai
Så skar du få klokke og lommbok i pant
Je stolte på jinta som presten på blåna
Å hadde hu sagt det var folk oppå måna
Så hadde je trudd det var sænt
Så var det en kvæll at vi gikk der å tala
Og jinta var rolig og je var så glad
Da kom det en fleipete kar i frå dala
På blank lakkert sykkel som bremse å sa
Så sleng deg på stanga og bli med på festen
Det var som om hjertet mitt sprakk under vesten
Da jinta klauv opp og sa ja
Jeg tenkte på mangt der je sto att å gafte
Je bau fram et hjerte så hett som ei glo
Hæn bau fram en sykkel og hjertet mitt tafte
Je sture og fækk itte lævandes ro
Jeg tenkte så hardt at je hørte det knaka
Je åt itte mat og vart tynn som en staka
Men plutselig kom je på no
Je sa ått meg sjøl det er du som har skylda
Du går her og græt så du snart itte ser
Så kjøfte je sykkel og slo meg på fylla
Å dænse og drakk som en stor kavaler
For kvinnfolk er kvinnfolk og kænn itte tenkje
Dom ligner på skjøra og tæk det som blenkje
Og har itte tanke for mer
Så var det en kvæld je fækk sjå dom i svinga
Og hæn hadde punktert og jinta var kjei
Men je hadde sykkel med luft nok i ringa
Og navbrems og bjelle og hatten på snei
Så sleng deg på stånga, sa je, skar vi aka
Det var som om hjertet mitt fraus og vart kaka
Da jinta såg ned og sa nei
Å nå vil je slutte det var ittno mere
Det kjæm ut på ett om du tenkjer hæll ei
Det nytter deg æiller å filosofere
På åffer et kvinnfolk tæk ændre enn deg
Men er du litt hælvrar og går att å hangler
Og fremdeles trur det er´n sykkel du mangler
Så kæn du få kjøft en ta meg!

Lyrics translation

Je had a jinte that je was so fond of
We used to meet at vægom among
To had je blund at a øvve in May
So you cut get clock and pocket book In pledge
Je trusted jinta as the priest at blåna
To had hu said there were people on top of the moon
So had je trudd it was sænt
Then there was a quagmire that we went there to speak
And jinta was calm and je was so happy
Then came a flippant fellow from dala
On blank lacquered bike that brake to said
So slap yourself on the rod and join the party
It was as if my heart was cracking under the West
Then jinta klauv up and said yes
I thought about many things where je stood again to gafte
Je bau presented a heart as hot as a glo
Hang bau forward a bike and my heart tafte
Je sture and fækk itte levandes ro
I thought so hard that je heard it creak
Je ate Itte food and was thin as a stick
But suddenly je came on no
Je said unto me, it is you who are to blame
You go here and Grae as you soon Itte look
Then je bought the bike and hit me on the fill
To dænse and drank like a great cavalier
For womenfolk, womenfolk and kænn Itte tenkje
Dom is similar to the Scura and think it as blenkje
And have itte thought for more
Then there was a damn je fækk see judgment in the turn
And hæn had punctured and jinta was bored
But je had bike with air enough in ringa
And the hub brake and the bell and the hat on the snow
Then slap yourself on stånga, said je, we cut aka
It was as if my heart fraus and lasted kaka
Then jinta looked down and said no
To reach will je stop it was ittno more
If you think of a heel, it will come in handy.
There's good luck philosophizing
On åffer a womanfolk think more than you
But are you a little hesitant and goes again to hangler
And still think that ern bike you are missing
So, you get to buy one take me!