Sola I Desember - Halvdan Sivertsen

Rett før jul, æ raste rundt

Det va surt j Oslo, byen va en nervebunt

Det va trangt og tett

Og det e' kke lett

Under sola i desember

Og som sola i desember

Hadd' æ ingen tid å miste

Æ sku hjem å feire jul i ro og fred

Og som sola i desember

Sang æ på det siste

Verset, før æ kunne komme mæ avsted

På ei trapp, der fikk æ se

Ei gammel dame med en bag, ho hadde satt sæ ned

Bagen slitt og grå

Dama likeså

Under sola i desember

Og som sola i desember hadde ho sett bedre tia

Så æ gikk forbi som alle andre gjor'

Men som sola i desember kom ho lavt og inn fra sia

Mens ho stansa mæ med navnet tell mi mor

Og ho ba mæ hjem på kaffe, men ho så æ sto og rodde

Så ho slo det bort og ba mæ hils mot nord

Og ho pekte dit kor ho og hennes elsker engang bodde

ho sa: Der kor æ og minnan enda bor

Og som sola i desember va ho vekk i samme stunda

Ei venninne av ho mamma uten navn

Førr æ ville ikke vite, ikke se, æ ville unna

Hennes fattigdom og hennes sorg og savn

Æ va gla' da ho for

Og æ stressa ned mens flyet to mæ opp mot nord

Just before Christmas, I ran around

It was sad in Oslo, the city was a bundle of nerves

It was cramped and dense

And it's not easy

Under the sun in December

And like the sun in December

Had no time to lose

Come home to celebrate Christmas in peace and quiet

And like the sun in December

Sang æ on the last one

The verse, before I could leave

On a staircase, there I could see

An old lady with a bag, she had sat down

Bag worn and gray

The lady as well

Under the sun in December

And like the sun in December, she had seen better ten

So I passed by like everyone else does'

But like the sun in December, she came low and came in from the sea

While she stopped me with the name tell mi mother

And she asked me home for coffee, but she saw me standing and rowing

So she put it away and said hello to the north

And she pointed to where she and her lover once lived

she said: There kor æ and minnan still live

And like the sun in December, he was gone at the same time

An unnamed friend of his mother's

Before, I didn't want to know, I didn't want to see, I wanted to get away

Her poverty and her grief and longing

Æ va gla' da ho for

And I slowed down while the plane headed north