Ja minns som igår min ljuva
I remember it like it were yesterday,
barndoms tid fast de nu var ett tag sen
the time of my dear childhood, although it was a while ago
Fast vi aldrig tänkte på vår
Although we never thought about
framtid hade vi den ändå kvar
our future, we still had it left
Nu när man ä vuxen önskar
Now that you've grown up,
man ibland att man finne tillbaks den
you sometimes wish that you could have it back
Den ljuva tid som fanns då i min
That dear time that existed then
trygga barndoms ljusa unga dar
in my safe childhood's bright, young days
Tretton År, Tretton År,
Thirteen years old, thirteen years old,
vi var bara Tretton År
we were only thirteen years old
Det var då vi först kände
That was the first time we felt
något inom oss brände
something inside of us burning,
någon känsla som tände
some sort of feeling that lit up
en glöd i de vuxna
a fire in the adults
Då för längesen fanns ingenting
Back then, long ago, there was
som hette oro å bekymmer
no such thing as worry or care
Bara vi fick leka var vi
As long as we got to play, we were happy,
nöjda vi begärde inget mer
we asked for nothing more
Nu finns dä så många dystra
Now there are so many dreary
tankar som ens tunga hjärta rymmer
thoughts which fill your heavy heart
Å om jag finne bli ett barn på
And if I could become a child anew
nytt å bara glömma allt som sker
and just forget everything that's happening