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Performed by: Åse Kleveland
Music by: Arne Bendiksen
Lyrics by: Arne Bendiksen
Conductor: Øivind Bergh
Language: Norwegian
Placing: 3rd (15 points)
Other versions: German, Swedish

This is the studio version. The live version is slightly different (some words repeated/omitted/replaced).


Intet er nytt under solen

There's nothing new under the sun

Jeg vet om en gammel mann, en som har levd lenge I know an old man, someone who has lived for a long time
Jeg vet om en gammel mann, en som har levd lenge I know an old man, someone who has lived for a long time
Han er så snill når han spør meg om hva som har hendt meg He's so kind asking me what has happened to me
Og om solen har brent meg And if the sun had burnt me
  
Jeg prater og søker trøst, han gynger i stolen I talk and seek comfort, he rocks in his chair
Han sier med sprukken røst: "Intet er nytt under solen" He says with a broken voice: "There's nothing new under the sun"
  
Men hva har vel det å si om ting har hendt før meg? But what does it matter if things happened before me?
Men hva har vel det å si om ting har hendt før meg? But what does it matter if things happened before me?
Nei, det som gjør meg så vondt med alt det som han visste No, what makes me hurt so much with all that he knew
At hans øyne er triste That his eyes were sad
  
Hva har jeg å vente på meg selv der i stolen? What can expect myself in that rocking chair?
Når han er så trist der nå, intet er nytt under solen When he's so sad there now, there's nothing new under the sun