Fangegard - Vreid

Det kom som lynnedslag, gjekk som skred

Den gangen det slo oss ned

Det overmektige mange

No går det langsamt — Atter vår

Og Noreg er ein fangegard

Kvar nordmann er ein fange

Usynleg piggtård tett i tett

Spent ut i eit forgreina nett

Om skritt, om ord, om tankar

Ja, du kan sitta fast ein dag

Om berre dine hjarteslag

For openhjartig bankar

Kvar nordmann er i fangeskap

For den som har med ærestap

Kjøpt friteikn frå tyrannen

Er ikkje nordmann meir

Men sjølv

Ein vaktar

Eller vaktars trell

Med trellens teikn i panna

Men dei skal hugsast — Bli ein sum

Som kviler i oss, tung og stum

Og vel kan overmakta

Få lært ein modig fot gå

Men alder norske hjarter til slå

I denne fengselstakta

It came like lightning, went like an avalanche

That time it hit us down

The overpowering many

Now it's going slowly - Spring again

And Norway is a prison guard

Every Norwegian is a prisoner

Invisible studs close together

Excited in a branching network

About steps, about words, about thoughts

Yes, you can get stuck one day

If only your heartbeat

For candid banks

Every Norwegian is in captivity

For those who have a loss of honor

Bought free sign from the tyrant

Is not Norwegian anymore

But myself

One shift

Or guards' slaves

With the sign of the slave in the forehead

But the day should be thought - Become a sum

Who rests in us, heavy and dumb

And well can overpower

Learn to walk bravely

But age Norwegian hearts to beat

At this prison rate