Lars Lilholt — Tollun song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Tollun" by Lars Lilholt.
Lyrics
Øst for Aralsøen i de øde egne af Uzbekhistan
Kom de første forlydender om
Tollún
En lille folkestamme, en etnisk minoritet
Der har vandret som nomader på stepperne
Jøder, sigøjnere og nu
Tollún
De har en vision om et lille helligt land
Hvor de er forudbestemt til at bo
De påberåber sig en 2000årig ret til den frugtbare flodslette
De kalder for
Tollún
De har været forfulgt
Især Stalin udryddede 2 mill
Så nu har FN endeligt sagt ja til et homeland for
Tollún
Den hellige myte er historien
Om sagnkongen Geppu der gav sit liv
Til guderne den dag da folket måtte flygte
Jaget bort af krigeriske danere
Kongen lod sig kvæle af familien
Og nedsænke i en hellig sø
For at vente der i ensomheden på at folket en dag
Kom tilbage til
Tollún
Og nu er de begyndt at indfinde sig på
Emigrationskontorerne og få
Den sum Uzbekerne gi’r
For at slippe for disse mærkelige folk
Der ikke ville assimileres
Hverken da kejseren var khan eller zar eller Stalin
De har altid bare været
Tollún
Sagnkongen Geppu har vist sig i
Et humusfarvet velbevaret moselig
Der findes i et gult gult hus der står
I den danske by der hedder Silkeborg
Endelig har vi fået den dag
Hvor vi kan få hans profil på vores nye flag
Friskfrodig grønt på ørkengul bund
Symboliserer os vi hedder
Tollún
Amerikanske infanterister og russere har via FN
Sammen med Tollúnkommandoer nedkæmpet
Modstandslommernes tavse mænd
Og danskere der i generationer har beboet dalen ved Gudenåen
Bor nu i lejre i Slesvig og Sverige og Norge
Gudenåen hedder nu Geppu Gehejsty
Geppu Gehejsty er helligt vand
I et helligt land
Tollún
En ansøgning om at blive fuldgyldigt medlem
Af EU er på vej
Når de sidste problemer med menneskerettigheder
Er løst eller løser sig
Det bli’r en suveræn stat hen ad vejen
Som Luxembourg, Andorra eller Liechtenstein
Deres nomadenøjsomhed
Er en vigtig del i genrejsningen af
Tollún
De små usammenhængende og indbyrdes stridende
Terrorgrupper
Ved navn «Bjerringbro By Night» og «Mossø Til Morgen»
Er desperate
De har brugt metoder som afvises verden rundt
Når de sender folk med sprængstoffer klistret til kroppen
Ind i busser
Ned i både
På Geppu Gehejsty
Det hele er blod og had i
Tollún
Selvom de fleste mennesker er elskelige
Og vil ha' fred
Og vil ha' fred
Og vil ha' fred til
Tollún
Lyrics translation
East of the Aral Sea in the deserted regions of Uzbekhistan
Did the first reports come about
Tollún
A small people's Tribe, an ethnic minority
Who have wandered as nomads on the steppes
Jews, Gypsies and now
Tollún
They have a vision of a small Holy land
Where they are predestined to live
They claim a 2000 year right to the fertile flood plain
They're calling
Tollún
They've been followed
In particular Stalin exterminated 2 mill
So now the UN has finally said yes to a homeland for
Tollún
The sacred myth is history
About the legendary King Geppu who gave his life
To the gods on the day when the people had to flee
Chased away by warlike Danes
The king allowed himself to be strangled by the family
And immerse in a sacred lake
To wait there in solitude for the people to one day
Come back to
Tollún
And now they're starting to come on
Emigration offices and few
The sum the Uzbeks give
To get rid of these strange people
That would not be assimilated
Neither when the emperor was khan nor zar nor Stalin
They've always just been
Tollún
Legend King Geppu has appeared in
A humus colored well preserved marshy
There is in a yellow yellow house that says
In the Danish city called Silkeborg
Finally we've got that day
Where we can get his profile on our new flag
Fresh lush greenery on Desert yellow bottom
Symbolizing us we are called
Tollún
American infantrymen and Russians have through the UN
Together with Tollún commands defeated
Silent men of resistance
And Danes who for generations have inhabited the valley at Gudenåen
Now lives in lejre in Schleswig and Sweden and Norway
Gudenåen is now called Geppu Gehejsty
Geppu Gehejsty is holy water
In a holy land
Tollún
An application to become a full member
Of the EU is on its way
When the last problems with human rights
Is resolved or resolves itself
It becomes a sovereign state along the way
As Luxembourg, Andorra or Liechtenstein;
Your nomadic nature
Is an important part in the recovery of
Tollún
The small incoherent and contentious
Terrorist groups
By name "Bjerringbro by Night" and " Mossø for Morgen»
Are desperate
They have used methods that are rejected around the world
When they send people with explosives pasted to the body
Into buses
Down in boats
On Geppu Gehejsty
It's all blood and hate in
Tollún
Although most people are lovable
And want peace
And want peace
And want peace
Tollún