Cornelis Vreeswijk — Dekadans song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Dekadans" by Cornelis Vreeswijk.
Lyrics
Dekadans rder hr I vr socken frsamt.
Prstens ts har ftt barn med en jazzmusikant.
Vilken chock I vr flock!
Detta gruvliga bud
Brakade ned som ett jrtecken frn Herren Gud.
Prstens ts I Folkets Park! Dekadans, dekadans!
Musikanten han spelade och hon dansade varje dans
Och han lockade och han pockade
Och han blste I sin lur
Och han fngade prostens dotter, fast man inte vet hur.
Det r sjlvaste Satan som har snrjt dem I sitt garn.
Han har farit I musikanten, detta djvulens barn.
Men att de dansade uti parken
Uti fullmnens glans,
Det r skam p torra land. Dekadans, dekadans!
Ni har vl hrt, kra ni, det r vl allombekant:
Ingen sann och kta kristen kan bli jazzmusikant.
Och att kyrkoherdens dotter
Slppt en sdan innanfr sin srk,
Det r dekadans I tiden, det r djvulens verk.
Dekadant och frsoffade r vr ungdom av idag,
Och de bryr sig varken om religion eller lag.
Du kan ingenting gra t 'et,
Nej du har ingen chans,
Fr det r rta I vrt sekel. Dekadans, dekadans!
Lyrics translation
Dekadans rder hr I V R Parish frsamt.
Prstens ts has ftt children with a jazz musician.
What a shock in vr flock!
This terrible commandment
Broke down like a sign from the Lord God.
Prstens ts in people's Park! Decadance, Decadance!
The musician he played and she danced every dance
And he attracted and he pocketed
And he blste in his nap
And he FNG the daughter of the priest, though you don't know how.
It is Satan himself who has snrjt them in his yarn.
He's gone to the musician, this child of the devil.
But that they danced in the park
UTI fullmnens glans,
It's disgrace to dry land. Decadance, Decadance!
You've got a lot of credit, you know, it's a lot of credit:
No true Christian can become a jazz musician.
And that the vicar's daughter
Slppt en sdan innanfr sin srk,
It's decadence in time, it's the work of the devil.
Dekadant and frsoffade r vr youth of today,
And they don't care about religion or law.
You can't do anything,
No you have no chance,
For the past century. Decadance, Decadance!