Nu ruger Nat over Enge
og alt i Mørke forgaar.
Jeg lytter her fra min Rude,
det tier så tomt derude,
det er som når Klokken staar.
Da hører jeg Røster kalde
som op frå en Huldreby.
Jeg ved det er mig de vil finde.
Godnat da I to herinde!
Jeg kommer igen ved Gry.
Saa gik jeg mig ud i Natten
og droges så sælsomt hen.
Gud nåde hver Far og Mage
som vel fandt sin Vej tilbage,
men aldrig kom helt igen!
In English:
Goodnight Herein
Now night pores over medows
and all is lost in darkness.
I listen here from my windowpane,
The silence is heavy thereout.
It is like when the clock stands still.
Then I hear voices calling
as if up from a Hulder-town.
I know that it's me they want.
Goodnight, then, you two herein!
I will return at dawn.
And so I went out into the night
and was dragged so strangely away
God have mercy on every father and wife
who found their way safely back,
but never came fully home!
og alt i Mørke forgaar.
Jeg lytter her fra min Rude,
det tier så tomt derude,
det er som når Klokken staar.
Da hører jeg Røster kalde
som op frå en Huldreby.
Jeg ved det er mig de vil finde.
Godnat da I to herinde!
Jeg kommer igen ved Gry.
Saa gik jeg mig ud i Natten
og droges så sælsomt hen.
Gud nåde hver Far og Mage
som vel fandt sin Vej tilbage,
men aldrig kom helt igen!
In English:
Goodnight Herein
Now night pores over medows
and all is lost in darkness.
I listen here from my windowpane,
The silence is heavy thereout.
It is like when the clock stands still.
Then I hear voices calling
as if up from a Hulder-town.
I know that it's me they want.
Goodnight, then, you two herein!
I will return at dawn.
And so I went out into the night
and was dragged so strangely away
God have mercy on every father and wife
who found their way safely back,
but never came fully home!