Karusell

Kirsti Sparboe

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Kirsti Sparboe (1965)

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Norvegiană

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Mum, I'm going to me meet Kjell

And Arne1 tonight

We're going to share a ticket for a ride

On an amusing roundabout

Mum, whom should I take the first ride with?

Maybe Arne, for he's the taller one?

Yes, he's going to beat up Kjell

If he pulls my braid

Or calls me his smashing girl

But once Arne and I go for a ride

Kjell will be so horribly mad

So I think it'll be best

If the three of us take a ride together

In a carriage that is big enough for that

Mum, I'm in love with Kjell

So it goes without saying that I want to ride with him as well

Once we speed away

He's going to give me quite a hug

And so I'll let him take me home

Poor Arne is for himself now

But I can't let that allow to bother me

I'm already busy

Taking care of myself2

When I'm flying around with Kjell

When I'm flying around

When I'm flying around in our roundabout

1. "han Arne" literally means "he Arne" or "the Arne". In this case, "han" is used to put emphasis on the fact that the singer is talking about a specific Arne (and also Kjell) that her Mum is already familiar with. "Han" should remain untranslated in English even if one might say "our Arne".
2. More literally, these two lines translate as "I have surely enough to do thinking of myself"