Sjösalavals [English translation]
Sjösalavals [English translation]
Rönnerdahl is frolicking about
With a laugh from his bed
The sun is high over Orrberget
The southern wind is roaring
Rönnerdahl is waltzing
Over the meadow of Sjösala
Hear my lovely tune
Come, sing my chorus
The tern has given birth
And is diving in my bay
From all the green groves
The music of the finches can be heard
And look at all the flowers
Already budding on the meadow
Cowslip, saxifrage
catsfoot and blue viola
Rönnerdahl whirling around
His shaggy legs
Under the white shirt
That is waving over the calves
As happy as a lark
In the light of the May sun
He sings to the squirrel
That is swinging on a branch
Squirrel, squirrel, squirrel
Rönnedahl is dancing now
Coo-coo! And the cuckoo is calling
From his green valley
And look at all the flowers
Already budding on the meadow
Cowslip, saxifrage
catsfoot and blue viola
Rönnerdahl is making
A crown out of flowers
Binding it around his hair
The grey and ragged hair
Waltzing into the cottage
With the guitar at the ready
Waking up his wife and the kids
With trill and cadence
The kids are shouting: Look!
Dad is a bride
With a wreath of flowers in his hair
And with the nightshirt as a garb
And look at all the flowers
Already budding on the meadow
Cowslip, saxifrage
catsfoot and blue viola
Rönnerdahl is old
But he waltzes anyway
Rönnerdahl has got sorrows
And not that much money
He rarely gets to rest
He has to labor like two people
No one can understand
How he manages
No one, except the tern
In the bay - the one that dived
And the squirrel and the finch
And the first cuckoo of the spring
And the flowers, they're in bloom
Already budding on the meadow
Cowslip, saxifrage
catsfoot and blue viola
- Artist:Ultima Thule