"Man binder os på mund og hånd" - Denmark

  • Møde hvad der venter os,

    og ingen ve hvordan det går.

    Bære skæbnen uden trods,

    hva der så forestår.

    Glad ved hver en venlighed,

    men uden tro, at det blir ved.

    Søge fred, idet vi ved

    at vi har ingen krav på fred.

    Man binder os på mund og hånd,

    men man kan ikke binde ånd,

    og ingen er fangne, når tanken er fri.

    Vi har en indre fæstning her,

    som styrkes i sit eget værd,

    når bare vi kæmper for det, vi ka li.

    Den, som holder sjælen rank, ka aldrig blie træl.

    Ingen ka regere det, som vi bestemmer sel.

     

    Det lover vi med hånd og mund,

    i mørket før en morgenstund,

    at drømmen om frihed blir aldrig forbi.

    Meeting what awaits us,

    And no one knows how it goes.

    Carry fate without defiance,

    What's in charge?

    Happy with every kindness,

    but without believing that it will go on.

    Seek peace, knowing

    that we have no right to peace.

    We are tied up by mouth and hand,

    but one cannot bind spirit,

    and no one is trapped when the thought is free.

    We have an inner fortress here,

    which is strengthened in its own worth,

    As long as we fight for what we like.

    Whoever keeps the soul upright can never be in thrall.



     

    No one can rule what we decide.

    We promise that by hand and mouth,

    in the dark before a morning,

    that the dream of freedom will never end.

     

    This peace-song was made in 1940, by Poul Henningsen. The song was written during the second world war, which wasn’t peaceful at all. So Poul Henningsen wrote the song right before Germany occupied Denmark. The song was rewritten because it was too clear that the song was against the Germans ruling Denmark.