"The gold became sand."

Translation: Guldet blev till sand.

[AndessJohansson]

Peter Jöback!!!

[muffinmaggs]

ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅHHHHH KRISTINA!!!!

[AndessJohansson]

It's a song from a musical written by the guys from ABBA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristina_fr%C3%A5n_Duvem%C3%A5la

[Alf42]

I'm clearly missing a reference here. What is this from?

[howanjeremyleung]

Kristina från Duvemåla

[VictorKalb]

Why till sand

[devalanteriel]

It's "became" as in "turned into", if that helps.

[VictorKalb]

It does, thanks

[Rakhelii]

That is a sad line, but lovely too!

[simar_833]

Possibly related to the ending of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (movie origin of "We don't need no stinking badges")