Og verda var ny - Odd Nordstoga, Frida Ånnevik

Det var ein engel som gav meg eit frø

Som ga meg eit frø

Med rørsler så kvite som dalande snø

Som dalande snø

Eg sådde, og verda vart ny

Verda var ny

Det var ein engel som gav meg eit frø

Med rørsler så kvite som dalande snø

Av svevnen min voks det eit tre her i nord

Eit tre her i nord

Eg vakna og såg det, stort, på mi jord

Stort, på mi jord

Eg hausta, og verda var ny

Verda var ny

Det var ein engel som gav meg eit frø

Med rørsler så kvite som dalande snø

Og sola reis opp over byar og tre

Byar og tre

Eg trudde ‘kje lenger på dei som dreg ned

Dei som dreg ned

For eg såg det, at verda var ny

Verda var ny

Det var ein engel som gav meg eit frø

Med rørsler så kvite som dalande snø

Då vekte eg deg og sa kva eg såg

Sa kva eg såg

Du svara, med ei røyst så dirrande låg

Så dirrande låg:

Ja sanneleg, verda er ny

Verda er ny

Det var ein engel som gav meg eit frø

Med rørsler så kvite som dalande snø

It was an angel who gave me a seed

Which gave me a seed

With movements as white as falling snow

Like falling snow

I sowed, and the world was new

Verda was new

It was an angel who gave me a seed

With movements as white as falling snow

From my sleep a tree grew here in the north

A tree here in the north

I woke up and saw it, big, on my earth

Large, on my land

I autumn, and the world was new

Verda was new

It was an angel who gave me a seed

With movements as white as falling snow

And the sun rose over cities and trees

Cities and trees

I no longer believed in those who went down

Those who go down

For I saw that the world was new

Verda was new

It was an angel who gave me a seed

With movements as white as falling snow

Then I weighed you and said what I saw

Said what I saw

You answer, with a voice so trembling low

So trembling lay:

Yes indeed, the world is new

The world is new

It was an angel who gave me a seed

With movements as white as falling snow