luffare

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luffare
en romantiserad bild av en luffare

Etymology

luffa +‎ -are

Noun

luffare c

  1. a tramp, a hobo, a vagrant, a vagabond (itinerant, usually unemployed person)
    • 1981, “Luffarvisan [The tramp song]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Gösta Linderholm (music)‎performed by Allan Edwall, Erik Lindgren:
      Se på luffarn som går här på vägen.
      Se på luffarn , Guds lille fyr.
      Så snart som det blir vår
      går han ut och går
      för att söka sig äventyr.

      Han går så långt som vägarna räcker.
      Han har en oro och längtan i sitt blod.
      Och när som sola skin [solen skiner]
      då far vanvett i'n ["i han" – see the usage notes for honom].
      Det är det som ger honom hans mod.

      Han vill va fri som en fågel,
      fri som en fågel.
      Och då är det som
      nånting ropar, "Kom!",
      i hans galna luffareblod.

      Han vill va fri som en fågel,
      fri som en fågel.
      Och då är det som
      nånting ropar, "Kom!",
      i hans galna luffareblod.

      Se på luffarn som går här på vägen.
      Se på luffarn , Guds lille fyr.
      Nog blir han trött ibland
      och då tänker han,
      "Varför söker jag äventyr?"

      "Varför måste jag vandra och vandra?
      Det finns så många klokare bestyr.
      Så varför ska jag då
      bara gå och gå?
      Jag kanske vandrar åt helsefyr."

      Jag vill va fri som en fågel,
      fri som en fågel.
      Och då är det som
      nånting ropar, "Kom!",
      i hans galna luffareblod.

      Jag vill va fri som en fågel,
      fri som en fågel.
      Och då är det som
      nånting ropar, "Kom!",
      i mitt galna luffareblod.
      Look at the tramp walking here on the road.
      Look at the tramp, God's little chap.
      As soon as spring arrives
      he goes out and walks
      to seek adventure.

      He walks as far as the roads reach.
      He has an anxiousness and longing in his blood.
      And whenever the sun shines,
      madness grips him .
      That is what gives him his courage.

      He wants to be free as a bird,
      free as a bird.
      And then it is as if
      something calls, "Come!",
      in his crazy tramp blood.

      He wants to be free as a bird,
      free as a bird.
      And then it is as if
      something calls, "Come!",
      in his crazy tramp blood.

      Look at the tramp walking here on the road.
      Look at the tramp, God's little chap.
      Certainly, he gets tired sometimes,
      and then he thinks,
      "Why do I seek adventure?"

      "Why do I have to wander and wander?
      There are so many wiser things to do .
      So why should I then
      just walk and walk?
      I might be wandering to tarnation."

      I want to be free as a bird,
      free as a bird.
      And then it is as if
      something calls, "Come!",
      in his crazy tramp blood.

      I want to be free as a bird,
      free as a bird.
      And then it is as if
      something calls, "Come!",
      in my crazy tramp blood.
  2. (in compounds) a traveler with several journeys on the same type of transportation (sometimes picking destinations as they go)
    tågluffareperson who travels long distances by hopping off and on trains
    båtluffareperson who travels from island to island with different boats in an archipelago
  3. (slang, derogatory, figuratively) (an invective against) a person somehow reminiscent of a tramp (by being poorly dressed or dirty or having low status or the like), a bum

Usage notes

Especially of older conditions in (sense 1), similar to tramp in English. Sometimes romanticized, notably in Astrid Lindgren's "Rasmus and the Vagabond" (Rasmus på luffen).

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