Kampen kräver många år [English translation]

So many years of loneliness, although surrounded by friends

So many days of cold, although the sun warmed us

So many months of starvation, although the barns were full

So many nights without sleep

Because the whole time was in a dream

So many pains in a body which has always been strong

So marked by the past when reality steps forward

So mutilated by falsification that one has lived with one's whole life

Like encouraged by compromises and those which lead backwards

Like praise how one joins

As a lonely person

Which was written from the first time as the safest road to go

But if one joins together in battle

and fights for the future

then soon turns one's discouragement

before the recognition of what we can do

with the help of our combined strength

Now the rain falls slowly down, it shines on my windows

And through the shimmer I can see a reflection outside

A face in the community with those he needs most

Who know his origin and his goal

And that the fight requires many years

To smooth every possible way for those who one day may take over

For those who one day may take over, for those who one day may take over.

• Artist:Björn Afzelius
• Album:Vem är det som är rädd? (1974)