Malene - Odd Nordstoga

Det var tidleg kveld og sein april

Og lufta den blei kald og sola for

Eg hadde lua på, ei blå ei og av ull og litt for stor

Men heimegjort, formana på av mor

Då kom

Male Malene

Eg målar ut ditt namn

Du var mi di då.

Eg var din eg

Male Malene

I fargane fine

Malene malene

Ute er det vinter, og heimatt er det langt

Og livet det har kjølt seg og er fint

Eg reiste og du reiste, og så gjekk det år på år

Men d’er deg det endå angar når d’er vår

Male Malene

Eg målar ut ditt namn

Du var mi di då.

Eg var din eg

Male Malene

I fargane fine

Malene malene

Me let dei andre fara der i bilar og i song

Og att stod me å høyrde det blei stillt

Og trea ja dei bylgja seg og vegen ja den rann

Og handa mi den turde og den fann

No let eg handa styre og i pennen er det blekk

På arket formar eg ditt namnetrekk

Eg skreiv det tusen gonger då du hadde sagt farvel, og eg kjenner at det verkar

òg i kveld

Male Malene

Eg målar ut ditt namn

Du var mi di då.

Eg var din eg

Male Malene

I fargane fine

Malene malene

It was early evening and late April

And the air it became cold and the sun too

I was wearing a hat, a blue one and made of wool and a little too big

But home-made, shaped by mother

Then came

Male Malene

I paint your name

You were mi di then.

I was your oak

Male Malene

In the colors fine

Malene malene

It is winter outside, and at home it is far

And life it has cooled down and is fine

I traveled and you traveled, and so it went year after year

But it's up to you when it's ours

Male Malene

I paint your name

You were mi di then.

I was your oak

Male Malene

In the colors fine

Malene malene

We let the others go there in cars and in song

And that stood me to hear it was asked

And the tree yes they wave and the road yes it ran

And in my hand it dared and it found

Now I let my hand steer and in the pen there is ink

On the sheet I shape your name tag

I wrote it a thousand times when you said goodbye, and I feel that it works

and tonight

Male Malene

I paint your name

You were mi di then.

I was your oak

Male Malene

In the colors fine

Malene malene