Skærgaardsø Lyrics

Nu glider Baaden
mod Skærgaardsøen,
en Ø i Havet
med grønne Strande.
Her lever Blomster
for ingens Øjne,
de staar saa fremmed
og ser mig lande.
Mit Hjærte blir som
en Fabelhave
med samme Blomster
som Øen ejer.
De taler sammen
og hvisker sælsomt,
som Børn de mødes
og ler og nejer.

Her var jeg kanske
i Tidens Morgen
som hvid Spiræa
engang at finde.
Jeg kender Duften
igen fra fordum,
jeg skælver midt i
et gammelt Minde.

Mit Øje lukkes,
en fjærn Erindring
har lagt mit Hode
ned til min Skulder.
Saa tætner Natten
ind over Øen,
kun Havet buldrer -
Nirvanas Bulder.
In English:
The Island amid the Skerries

Now the boat glides
Towards the island amid the skerries
An island in the ocean
With green shores.
Here flowers live
For nobody's eyes,
They are so far away
And look at my land

My heart becomes like
A fable-sea
With the same flowers
That own the island
They speak together
And whisper enigmatically,
Like a child they are troubled
And laugh and nod.
Maybe I was here
At the dawn of time
As a white sprout
Once to be found?
I feel the scent
Again from ancient times,
I shiver in the middle of
A old memory

My eyes are closed,
A distant remembrance
Has laid my head
Down to my shoulder.
So night grow dense
Inside, over the island,
Only the ocean rumbles -
The grumble of Nirvana