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midnatt
midnight ((around) 12 o'clock at night (or the middle of the night, more loosely))
Midnatt råder, tyst det är i husen. Tyst i husen. Alla sova [old present tense plural form, now "sover" – the present tense plural used to be identical to the infinitive for all verbs except vara (“be”)], släckta äro [old plural form] ljusen. Äro ljusen. Tipp tapp, tipp tapp, tippe tippe tipp tapp. Tipp, tipp, tapp.
It it midnight [midnight reigns], it is quiet in the houses. Quiet in the houses. Everyone is asleep, the lights are out [put out / turned off are the lights]. Are the lights. Tip tap, tip tap, tippy tippy tip tap. Tip, tip, tap. [tiptoeing sounds]