Fabel - Bjørn Eidsvåg

Det var langt på dag — jeg våknet av min rus

Jeg sto opp og gikk ut i en folketom by

Med søndagskledte hus

Det var sol og stjerner og fuglesang

Det var vondte minner og klokkeklang

Det var tømmermenn, jeg var lei av alt

Det var dagen etter og alt var galt

Min verden lå i grus

Midt i gaten sprang en flokk med sang og spill

Det var bedehusfolket i byen som kom

Ja tro det den som vil

Jeg så kristne danse til felelåt

Og jeg hørte latter og gledesgråt

Jeg så frelste sjeler og mørkemenn

De kom bort og ba meg: bli med oss hjem

Du hører Herren til!

Jeg forlot min sorg, og glemte nattens kjør

Jeg ble med dem i dansen og fulgte dem frem

Til bedehusets dør

Vi gikk inn og danset til Herrens pris

Jeg tror sangen hørtes i paradis

Det ble sagt vi feiret en bryllupsfest

Jeg fikk brød og vin, jeg var hedersgjest

Og glad som aldri før!

Det ble kvekd og natt, vi ga hvernadre ly

Vi satt skulder ved skulder i ring rundt et lys

Og kjente dagen gry

Det var smerte omsorg og gledesrus

Det var håp og vanvidd og vingesus

Det var vakre sanger om himmelen

Og jeg følte meg som et barn igjen

Jeg var blitt født påny

It was late in the day - I woke up from my intoxication

I got up and went out into a deserted city

With Sunday-clad house

It was sun and stars and birdsong

There were painful memories and the sound of bells

There were hangovers, I was tired of everything

It was the next day and everything was wrong

My world was in shambles

In the middle of the street ran a herd of song and games

It was the people of the prayer house in the city who came

Yes, believe it whoever wants

I saw Christians dancing to fiddle songs

And I heard laughter and tears of joy

I saw saved souls and dark men

They came over and asked me: come with us home

You belong to the Lord!

I left my grief, and forgot the night's run

I joined them in the dance and followed them forward

To the door of the house of prayer

We went in and danced to the Lord's praise

I think the song was heard in paradise

It was said we were celebrating a wedding party

I got bread and wine, I was the guest of honor

And happy like never before!

It was quake and night, we gave each other shelter

We sat shoulder to shoulder in a circle around a candle

And felt the day dawn

It was pain care and intoxication of joy

There was hope and madness and wing rustling

There were beautiful songs about heaven

And I felt like a child again

I had been born again