Steuermann

Falco

Tłumaczenie (angielski)

Album:

Junge Römer

Oryginalne teksty (piosenek)

niemiecki

Przekład

angielski

Portside, starboard, who knows that new word

For the true course, that seemingly held out, until profit has been made

East last, west best, the rest is also known

One check for you, one hand for me, does a man keep his word like this?

Above deck, below deck, everyone's searching for that leak

Which, well-hidden, is leaking and leaking, they never found it, it was on the rear

Keel, mast, sails are, not every child knows this,

Are the bull taken by the horns,1 this course is too close-hauled

Helmsman, don't stop the ship

We're never coming back

And helmsman, the things the ship can't do

Are no obstacle for us

The ship, it heels this side, heels that side

We're even more affronted

Even donations become an insult, every donor struggles dearly2

Virtuosity, ready for honorable deeds

Nobody really forgets what it truly is, as long as no vices are to be seen

Only profligacy opens opportunities for virtuosity

To find your way, organize yourself, and if then only in pairs

Compass, even without a passport,3mutely get it off your chest, no "how" or "why"

Where are we going? - Man overboard - Not a murder, he likes it wet

Helmsman, don't stop the ship

We're never coming back

And helmsman, the things the ship can't do

Are no obstacle for us

Helmsman, don't search nearby

The distance is (our) happiness

And helmsman, the things the distance can do

Will never bring us back again

Don't stop the ship

1. This is a german idiom, it literally means: "To flee towards the front" or "To flee straight ahead". This means if you are being accused, to start accusing back, instead of defending yourself you will start attacking to get out of it.
2. Perhaps this is another sailing term I'm not aware of. I translated it with the commonly known meaning for now
3. This uses the old spelling, today it's spelled as "Pass". Either that or another sailing term I don't know about.