Vi Sålde Våra Hemman [English translation]

We thought to improve live's end

Hoping to get further than the Lord had planned

We left from Sweden with a slight courage

We did not know our fate

We sold our homesteads and set sail

Like the birds fly when the summer is over

They will still return nevertheless when spring arrives

But we will never again see our beloved Motherland

It was said and it was boasted "You'll fare well here,

You shall not miss anything for body and soul"

But soon it turned out how deceived we were

When hunger came, not one life was spared

We sold our homesteads and set sail

Like the birds fly when the summer is over

They will still return nevertheless when spring arrives

But we will never again see our beloved Motherland

(INTERLUDE)

And when we had been sailing for a week or two

A darkness covered the ship's deck and spread

We couldn't see each other, yes barely breathe or walk

It was a horrible torment for everyone, big or small

We sold our homesteads and set sail

Like the birds fly when the summer is over

They will still return nevertheless when spring arrives

But we will never again see our beloved Motherland

(INTERLUDE)

(Aaah... Aaah... Aaahh)

A father had to carry his child to the end of the deck

And throw it from the ship into the vast ocean

It most certainly must have been hard on his mind

Death grabbed his heart immediately

We sold our homesteads and set sail

Like the birds fly when the summer is over

They will still return nevertheless when spring arrives

But we will never again see our beloved Motherland

No we will never again see our beloved Motherland