Tellus [English translation]

Life spins like a wheel,

every cycle has an end.

It seems like everything has happened before,

but it leads forward.

Time is a movement;

In every new seduction

hides a new destruction,

but it leads forward.

Every thought has its time

every knowledge has a price,

every victory costs a battle,

but it leads forward.

The eras succeed each other;

I remember the friends who vanished;

One collects lost friendship

but it leads forward.

It's the time of change

it is a redistribution

it is the Third World's time,

the new time.

I don't have time to be fragile

in this rich little corner

of self absorption when I hear

The Large Fight.

I long for the deserts,

I long for the jungles,

I long for the rivers,

I long for the mountains.

I long for the wind,

I long for the colors,

I long for the smells,

I long for the world!

Now I want to cultivate the senses,

now I want to stretch the muscles

now I want to write songs

that show the way.

Now I want to tear the walls

and fight empires

Now I want to destroy the rulers

and overturn the world

My soul is so large tonight.

I sit in a quiet hotel

with the whole world for myself,

and I think forward.

My brain is so clear and clean.

through the window I can see

The silver moon's pale shine;

And I think ahead....

• Artist:Björn Afzelius
• Album:Nio liv (1985)