Åh, vilka tider [English translation]

Oh, what times

Paradise looms

You may call it fantasies

But it sure is a dream to remember

Dreamt a dream, I remember and I know

Water turned into wine and enemies into friends

It was wonderful to live

Everything was free so who would miss anything

No, paradise

Naked we were, like Adam and Eve

Oh, what times

Wonderful days

Amuse yourself like a king, feel like a prince

Enjoy all the good things available

Oh, what times

Paradise looms

You may call it fantasies

But it sure is a dream to remember

Nobody was angry and nobody was depressed

Everyone was a brother and a sister

Oh, what I dreamt in that moment

The magpie1, she sang and the cuckoo2, he laughed

You see, nothing compares to that

We were in the grove of paradise

Oh, what times

Wonderful days

Amuse yourself like a king, feel like a prince

Enjoy all the good things available

Oh, what times

Paradise looms

You may call it fantasies

But it sure still is a dream to remember

1. One of several birds in the crow family known to make a chattering or laughing sound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_magpie2. A member of the cuckoo order of birds known for the goo-koo song https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cuckoo