Ulf Lundell — Altaret I Maria song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Altaret I Maria" by Ulf Lundell.
Lyrics
Genom mrkret trder en drottning
Krona med ljus uti
Hr du sngen s ljus och klar som
En himlarnas symfoni
Vita srkar och glitter i hr Rda sidenband
I varma luften i entrn
Till Konsum sitter hon p en stol
Plockar med saker hon har i knt
Trasiga jeans under en flckig kjol
Ser p dom som gr frbi
Hller ut en hand
Ingen som ser henne kan tro att hon en gng var en strlande Lucia
Porten gled upp och hon skred gngen fram mot Altaret i Maria
I tunnelbanan str profeten
Talar om krlek och frid p jorden
Spruckna skor och svullna hnder
Av vrldens smuts har han blivit smord
Ingen hr vad han sger ingen lyssnar
Han bor i ett annat land
Vem kan tro att han gick en gng med ljus och stjrne spira
En liten pojke i ett sjungande led fram mot altaret i Maria
Mt mej ikvll p bron ver dessa decembersvarta vatten
S ska jag bertta fr dej vad jag sg i en drm i en drm hromnatten
Dr gick dom tv i natt-tom kyrka sakta fram mellan bnkars rad
Bjde kn p golv av sten infr nglars rad
Jag sg ett ljus komma strmmande ner s klart, s varmt och stort
Dom lyftes upp och svvade in genom Himmelrikets port vid Altaret i Maria
Lyrics translation
By mrkret trder a queen
Crown with light uti
Hr you sngen's bright and clear as
A symphony of the heavens
White srkar and glitter in hr Rda satin ribbon
In the warm air of the entrance
To Konsum she sits on a chair
Picks with things she has in knt
Torn jeans under a flabby skirt
Looking at them as gr frbi
Hand out
No one who sees her can believe that one time she was a strling Lucia
The gate slid up and she slid the time forward towards the altar in Mary
In the subway str the Prophet
Talking about love and peace on Earth
Cracked shoes and swollen hnder
Of the filth of the world he has been anointed
No hr what he says no one listens
He lives in another country
Who can think he went one time with light and stjrne scepter
A little boy in a singing lead towards the altar in Mary
Mt me tonight on the bridge over these December black waters
So should I tell you what I saw in a drm in a drm hromnatten
Dr did dom tv last night-tom Church slowly emerge between bnkars row
Bjde kn P floor of stone in front of nglars rad
I sg A light come streaming down s clear, s warm and big
They were lifted up and swung in through the gate of the Kingdom of Heaven at the altar of Mary