Ulf Lundell — Östra Svealand song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Östra Svealand" by Ulf Lundell.
Lyrics
Bl gardiner vajar ver himlen I natt
Rymden flmtar som om den vore besatt
Vart sjunde are kan man se det
Vart sjunde are lggs nyckeln I min hand
Jag ppnar drren till stra Svealand
Vi satt I stugan, det brann I spisen
Radion var p
En liten familj
Dr det heliga talet var tv
Min syster och jag stimmade
Till farsan hjde sin hand
Och sa: Tyst nu are det vi
Nu are det stra Sveland
Uppe P Himlaberget dr stod ett
Utkikstorn
Det hgsta berget p den hr sidan bron
Vi gick upp dit med vra flickor
Och sg hur skogarna och fjrdarna
Frsvann
Lngt drute I stra Svealand
Borrarna skrller ner I Mnskensberget
Marken sklver nr salvorna gr
Det are nytt folk som kommer hit nu
Snart finns ingenting kvar
Av allt vi hade, allt som var vrt
Det are snart bara flydda are
Minns du vad du knde d?
Minns du vem du var?
Det are en lng vg frn Saltsj-Boo
Till Sergels Torg
Det are en lng vg frn krlek och gldje
Till saknad och sorg
Det are en lng vg frn frsta dagen
Tills du befrias frn alla band
Lngt under stjrnorna
Ligger stra Svealand
Dags nu att flja rsten
Som ropar: Kom!
Dags att lmna det som varit
Och inte vnda sej om
Aurora Borealis ser man bara
Nn gng ibland
Hr I stra Svealand
Lyrics translation
BL curtains sway over the sky tonight
Space flutter like it's possessed
Every seven years you can see it
Every seven are lggs the key in my hand
I'm sending drren to stra Svealand
We sat in the cabin, it burned in the stove
The radio was p
A small family
Dr The Holy speech was television
My sister and I shopped
To my old man's hand
And said: quiet now we are
Now there is stra Sveland
Up on The Hill dr stood one
Lookout tower
The highest mountain on this side of the bridge
We went up there with our girls
And sg how the forests and fjrdarna
Frsvann
No drute in stra Svealand
The drills skrller down in Mnskensberget
Marken sklver nr salvorna gr
There are new people coming here now
Soon there will be nothing left
Of all we had, all that was vrt
It's almost past are
Do you remember what you knde d?
Do you remember who you were?
There is a long way from Saltsj-Boo
To Sergels Torg
There is a long way from Love and joy
To loss and sorrow
There is a long way from the first day
Until you are freed from all bands
Nothing under the stars
Located stra Svealand
Time to move
Who shouts: Come!
Time to leave the past
And not vnda sej om
Aurora Borealis can only be seen
Sometimes
Hr in stra Svealand