Den Blå Anemone - Nephew

Hva' var det dog, der skete?

Mit vinterfrosne hjertes kvarts

Må smelte ved at se det den første dag i marts

Hva' gennembrød den sorte jord og ga' den med sit søblå flor

Et stænk af himlens tone

Den lille anemone, jeg planted' dér i fjor

Nu står den der og nikker, så sejersæl i Jyllands grus

Ukuelig og sikker trods ensomhed og gus

Som om alverdens modgang her har givet den et større værd

En lille amazone

Og dog min anemone, som søens bølge skær

Hva' var det dog, der skete?

Mit hjerte koldt og hårdt som kvarts

Det smelter ved at se det den første dag i marts

Jeg tænkte: «Evigt skiltes ad, min sjæl og glæden», da jeg sad

I vinterens grumme done

Nu gør min anemone mig atter fri og glad

Hva' var det, hva' var det dog

Hva' var det dog, der skete?

Hva' var det, hva' var det dog

Hva' var det dog, der skete?

Hva' var det, hva' var det dog

Hva' var det dog, der skete?

Hva' var det, hva' var det dog

Hva' var det dog, der skete?

What happened, though?

My winter-frozen heart quartz

Must melt by seeing it the first day of March

What broke through the black earth and gave it with its sea-blue bloom

A splash of the tone of heaven

The little anemone I planted there last year

Now it stands there and nods, so victory seal in Jutland's gravel

Indomitable and safe despite loneliness and gus

As if the adversity of the world here has given it greater value

A little amazon

And yet my anemone, like the wave of the lake

What happened, though?

My heart is cold and hard as quartz

It melts by seeing it the first day of March

I thought, "Eternally parted, my soul and joy," as I sat

In the gloom of winter done

Now my anemone makes me free and happy again

What was it, what was it though

What happened, though?

What was it, what was it though

What happened, though?

What was it, what was it though

What happened, though?

What was it, what was it though

What happened, though?