UNGE PIGER OG SVENDE
(synger).
Herude, herude skal gildet stå,
alt mens de fugle blunde,
hvor lystigt at lege mellem blomster små
i birkelunde.
Herude, herude skal lyst og skemt
lyde fra alle munde,
al kvide må ende, når fedlen er stemt
i birkelunde.
YOUNG MEN AND MAIDENS.
Out here, out here be the feast arrayed,
While the birds are asleep in the greenwood shade,
How sweet to sport in the flowery glade
’Neath the birches.
Out here, out here, shall be mirth and jest,
No sigh on the lips and no care in the breast,
When the fiddle is tuned at the dancers’ ’hest,
’Neath the birches.