På den tiden flottarna 
ännu ägde älvarna, rymdes inte
andarna så väl i de rinnande vatten
de vanligen samlade sig i.

Uppåt som skira röksignaler steg de,
som uppmaningar att stilla sig -
just det, som sommarnätter så bra passar till.

That summer nights go with so well

In those days, the log drivers still owned the rivers,
the spirits didn't fit so well in those running waters
they usually gathered in.

Up they went, like ethereal smoke signals,
like summonings to be still -
just that, that summer nights go with so well.