Ida's Sommarvisa [English translation]
Ida's Sommarvisa [English translation]
You shouldn't believe that summer will come
Unless someone gets a move on
in the summer and makes it a little summer-like
because then the flowers will come soon.
I make the flowers blossom
the entire cow pen green
and now the summer has come
because I have just got rid of the snow
I make a lot of water in the creek
like when it swirls and rushes
I make plenty of swallows that flies
and mosquitoes that the swallows take
I make the leaves new on the trees
and small birds nests here and there
I make the sky beautiful in the evening
because I make it all pinkish
And wild strawberries, I'll make for the children
Because I think that they should have it
and other small funny things
that suits when the children are little
And I make such funny places
where the children can run about
then the children will get full of summer
and legs that will joyfully run
- Artist:Astrid Lindgren