Sol och vår [English translation]

A jeweller and his shop

Is the reason why everything is so gloomy

One day I was standing in front of his window

When someone suddenly said ‘good day’

It was a happy young man with a charming smile

Who asked me to come in to give my advice

He was looking for something to give to his fiancée

And I was nice enough and joined him

When it’s sun and spring and you’re nineteen years old

You understand so little

And all the little girls should be locked up then

When winter turns to sun and spring

Once in the shop he couldn’t find anything

And soon we were outside again

I said ‘goodbye’ and had begun walking

When he yelled: “Wait, listen”

As a proof of his gratitude

He wanted to buy me lunch somewhere

It was the first sunny day of spring

So I was stupid enough to say yes

When it’s sun and spring and you’re nineteen years old

You understand so little

And all the little girls should be locked up then

When winter turns to sun and spring

He conversed with elegance

And bought me the best meal the place had to offer

But then he went to call a friend

And didn’t come back

And the man working in the cloakroom said:

“Yes, your husband took your fur coat

And went to the tailor”

So I had to call my own Knut

Who came and bailed me out

When it’s sun and spring and you’re nineteen years old

You understand so little

And all the little girls should be locked up then

When winter turns to sun and spring

• Artist:Inger Berggren