Helt Ok Lyrics Translation – Al Dente | Anna Kajander
Anna Kajander brings a quiet strength to ‘Helt OK’, a song that feels like a deep breath on a still morning. She writes the lyrics, while she and Herman Wildhagen, Jahn Gran, Kristian Fanavoll Tvedt, and Jonas Kroon shape the gentle music. The track is from her album Al dente, where simplicity meets soul.
Released: June 10, 2022
Helt OK
Anna Kajander • From “Al dente”
Lyricist
Anna Kajander
Composer
Anna Kajander, Herman Wildhagen & Others
Al dente’s Helt OK Norwegian Lyrics English Meaning
The songwriter focuses on small moments, like breath, light, and wind, to show how joy lives in what we often overlook. She sings, ‘Right now is when we live,’ grounding the song in the present. Her words mention gratitude for someone just being there, offering comfort without pressure. This presence helps her accept that not being okay is part of being human.
Tru mæ, tru mæ når æ sir at det e greit nuBelieve me, believe me when I say that it’s fine now,
Æ treng ikke så veldig mye mer enn detI don’t really need much more than that,
Det som æ har foran mæ her og nujust what I have right in front of me, here and now.
Æ trur til og med, æ trur at æ forstår noe så stort som detI even think, I think I understand something as profound as this:
At det egentlig e i det små det skjerThat it’s actually in the little things where life happens,
At det e nu vi e, at det e nu vi levthat right now is who we are, and right now is when we live.
Æ syns at det helt ok at tida gårI think it’s completely okay that time passes by,
Æ vil ikke ha noe mer, ha noe mer enn det æ fårI don’t want anything more, anything more than what I’m given.
Men æ skjønna det at i morra kan det hend at æ har glemt detBut I understand that tomorrow, I might have forgotten it all,
Kor flyktig denne gleden e, at den virvla rundt omkringhow fleeting this joy is as it swirls all around,
Og ikke alltid e så lett og fangand isn’t always so easy to catch.
Men likevel, vil æ fortell dæ kor takknemlig æ e for detBut even so, I want to tell you how grateful I am for it.
Det at du fins, bare det at du eJust the fact that you exist, just the fact that you’re here,
Æ trur at du kan få mæ til å forståI think you can make me understand,
Forstå at det e greit og ikke alltid vær på toppunderstand that it’s okay to not always be at my best.
Æ lura til og med litt på om det e du somI even wonder a little if you’re the one who
Skal lær mæ det på nyttwill teach it to me all over again,
Kordan æ skal pust og kordan æ skal lytthow I should breathe and how I should listen
Til tid å vind og lys og alle fine små tingto time, the wind, the light, and all the beautiful little things,
Alt det vi ikke ser det som bare eeverything we can’t see, the things that simply are.
Æ syns at det helt ok at tida gårI think it’s completely okay that time passes by,
Æ vil ikke ha noe mer, ha noe mer enn det æ fårI don’t want anything more, anything more than what I’m given.
Æ syns at det e helt, helt, helt, helt ok at tida gårI think it’s completely, completely, completely, completely okay that time passes by.
The meaning behind ‘Helt OK’ is finding peace in life’s fleeting, quiet moments. ‘Helt OK’ from Al dente, featuring Anna Kajander, is a warm, reflective listen in Swedish that honors stillness and subtle joy.
