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Thread #656   Message #869878
Posted By: Freso
19-Jan-03 - 10:28 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Who Can Sail/Vem kan segla
Subject: Lyr Add: Vem kan segla

This Lyr Add shall be dedicated to my youngest cousin, Solvei Pipaluk Sandberg Nielsen, who passed away less than an hour ago, at the age of 5... she'd suffered from leuchemia for more than a year now... may she rest in peace...

VEM KAN SEGLA
Text: unknown/trad.(?)
Tune: Finnish-Swedish folktune

Vem kan segla föruten vind?
Vem kan ro utan åror?
Vem kan skiljas från vännen sin
förutan att fälla tårar?

Jeg kan segla förutan vind,
jag kan ro utan åror.
Men ej skiljas från vännen min
förutan at fälla tårer.

TRANSLATION (Who can sail):
Who can sail without a wind?
Who can row with no oars?
Who can part from friends of theirs,
without to shed any tears?

I can sail without a wind,
I can row with no oars.
But I can't part from friends of mine,
without to shed any tears.

SOURCE:
Politikens Forlag: Lystige viser til søs (1st edition, 1990, page 92)

- Freso