The lyrical ego of the singer is basically confessing an affair with another man; it starts with dancing, the other one follows her home, she gets pregnant by that other man, but ultimately she stays with her husband, because her husband is still virile, while the other one is old and grey.
While she does not say "the other one is more attractive, because he has more muscles/more hair/more beautiful eyes" she brings up his clothing: the other man wears golden (I guess here: bright yellow) leather-pants, while her own man wears green pants;the other man wears black tight leather boots, her own man wears brown shoes; the child from the other man has an almost epic name: "Maja of the mountains" while the child she has with her husband is just called "Stina", implying that the affair is a rich man (bright yellow pants and black boots are sure more expensive than green pants and brown shoes), while her own husband is less wealthy. But ultimately her own husband is the better match, because he won't die so soon, thus he's able to care longer for her (and the children).
@Ursza For the longest time I thought the same. But I think there is another reading.
The other man was the man in her live before she met the man she is married to now.
As you wrote, the other was richer, made her happier but the child was probably out of wedlock (Maja has no family-name but something descriptive) and she was disgraced and has to live now with the man, she does not love but who provides for her.
@Ursza For the longest time I thought the same. But I think there is another reading.
The other man was the man in her live before she met the man she is married to now.
As you wrote, the other was richer, made her happier but the child was probably out of wedlock (Maja has no family-name but something descriptive) and she was disgraced and has to live now with the man, she does not love but who provides for her.
The lyrical ego of the singer is basically confessing an affair with another man; it starts with dancing, the other one follows her home, she gets pregnant by that other man, but ultimately she stays with her husband, because her husband is still virile, while the other one is old and grey.
While she does not say "the other one is more attractive, because he has more muscles/more hair/more beautiful eyes" she brings up his clothing: the other man wears golden (I guess here: bright yellow) leather-pants, while her own man wears green pants;the other man wears black tight leather boots, her own man wears brown shoes; the child from the other man has an almost epic name: "Maja of the mountains" while the child she has with her husband is just called "Stina", implying that the affair is a rich man (bright yellow pants and black boots are sure more expensive than green pants and brown shoes), while her own husband is less wealthy. But ultimately her own husband is the better match, because he won't die so soon, thus he's able to care longer for her (and the children).
@Ursza For the longest time I thought the same. But I think there is another reading. The other man was the man in her live before she met the man she is married to now. As you wrote, the other was richer, made her happier but the child was probably out of wedlock (Maja has no family-name but something descriptive) and she was disgraced and has to live now with the man, she does not love but who provides for her.
@Ursza For the longest time I thought the same. But I think there is another reading. The other man was the man in her live before she met the man she is married to now. As you wrote, the other was richer, made her happier but the child was probably out of wedlock (Maja has no family-name but something descriptive) and she was disgraced and has to live now with the man, she does not love but who provides for her.