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Per Nilen Han Drager Sin Jolle Til Land

Per Nilen han drager sin jolle til land
han siger, at Tropman skal gør'en i stand,
men Tropman han er ingen nar,
venner, tro I kun mig
per Nilen slet ingen penge har.
 
Nu går han og græmmer sig hver dag, den mand,
fordi han har draget sin jolle på land.
Nu kan han ikke mer grave sand.
Venner, tro I kun mig.
Per Nilen er en ulykkelig mand.
 
Halvfjerde mark ta´er han for et læs sand,
jeg tror fast, den mand har mist´ sin forstand,
thi intet sted er sand så dyr,
venner, tro I kun mig.
Per Nilen er en fandens fyr.
 
Nu tror jeg, at jeg vil ende min sang,
jeg frygter ellers, hun bliver for lang.
Nu turen står Per Nilen til,
venner, tro I kun mig.
Til gengæld han synger, hvad pokker han vil.
 
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Per Nilen Brings His Dinghy To This Land

Per Nilen brings his dinghy the this land
He says that Tropman should to fix it,
But Tropman is no fool
Friends, just believe me,
Per Nilen has no money
 
Now this man is grieving every day
because pulled his dinghy ashore
He can no longer dig sand
Friends, just believe me,
Per Nilen is an unhappy man
 
He charges seventy marks per load
I firmly believe this man has lost his mind
For nowhere is sand that expensive
Friends, just believe me,
Per Nillen is a damned guy
 
I think I'll end my song now
I fear that she'll become too long otherwise
Now it's Per Nilen's turn,
Friends, just believe me,
However, he sings whatever he wants
 
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citlālicuecitlālicue
   Ven, 01/04/2016 - 20:21

Lol, we both submitted our translations at the same time :)

Quick question though, what about the currency? I've got no idea about Danish currency, so I'm unsure of what Halvfjerde mark would be. You say seventy marks, can you explain that to me? I thought it means 1/4th a mark??

HinKytoHinKyto
   Sab, 02/04/2016 - 20:39

Yeah, that's quite funny, actually :b

Halvfjerde also confused me at first, but when I looked it up, it turned out to be an obsolete version of halvfjerds, which means seventy. Halvfjerds is short for halvfjerdsindstyvendedel, which literally means "3½ x 20". Where most western numeral systems are revolved around the number 10, the Danish system seems to be centered around 20 instead, so while it would logically make sense with "1/4th", it's actually seventy :)