La dei Sleppa - Bjørn Eidsvåg

Når pappa blei ein fremmed

Og seilte inn i landet

Han drakk for å holda seg unna

Og skjønte at flaskå

Va børa som bar han

Inn i det grusomma og vonda

Då banka han hat inn i redde små menn

Og dreiv kjensler ut av vordende mødre

Og sørga for at det vil skje igjen

Han verva nye voldsomme brødre

La dei sleppa det

La dei vær i fred

Då slo mamma av lyden

På alt som va der ute

Og flytta longt inn i seg sjøl

Hu grein bak et smil

All prat va bare lyd

Hu blei et rungande, dødsstille brøl

Då blei redde små menn sinte og harme

Og vordende mødre forlatt

Små mennesker blei fratatt opplevelsen av varme

Og tatt me inn i ei skremmande natt

La dei sleppa det

La dei vær i fred

When Dad became a stranger

And sailed into the country

He drank to stay away

And realized that bottle

What a burden he carried

Into the cruel and evil

Then he knocked hatred into scared little men

And drive emotions out of expectant mothers

And make sure it happens again

He recruited new violent brothers

Let them drop it

Leave them alone

Then my mother turned off the sound

On everything that was out there

And move long into himself

Hu article behind a smile

All talk was just sound

Hu became a resounding, death-silent roar

Then frightened little men became angry and resentful

And expectant mothers abandoned

Small people were deprived of the experience of heat

And took me into a scary night

Let them drop it

Leave them alone