Paroles et traduction Achim Reichel - Das Störtebekerlied

Das Störtebekerlied

Störtebeker und gödecke micheel'
De roveden beide to gliken deel
To water un ok to lande'
So lange, as dat it gott van hemmel verdroot
Do mosten se liden grote schande

Stortebeker sprook: "alltohand
De westsee' is uns wohlbekannt
Dahin wolln wi nu faren
De riken kooplüd van hamborg
Mogt jem eer scheep nu waren!"

Nu lepen se wi dull dahin
In eren bösen röwersinn'
Bit dat man jem kreeg tofaten
Bi hilgeland in aller fröh
Da mussen se't haar woll laten

De bunte koh ut flandern kamm
Dat röwerschipp op de hörner namm
Und stött ett wiss in stücken
Dat volk se broog'n na hamborg up
Da mussen se'n kopp all missen

De henker' de heet rosenfeld
Haut af so manken wilden held
Den kopp mit kühlem mote
He hadde angeschnörten schoh
Bit an sien enkel stunn he in blote

Song of Störtebeker

Störtebeker and Gödecke Micheel'
They roamed together, both as equals
On water and on land'
For so long, until the God of heaven grew tired of them
Then they had to suffer great shame

Stortebeker spoke: "Come on, my dear
The North Sea is well-known to us
Let us sail there now
The rich merchants of Hamburg
Should now guard their ships!"

Now they ran there like madmen
In their wicked pirate spirit'
Until they were caught
At Heligoland at dawn
There they had to lose their hair

The spotted cow from Flanders came
And took the pirate ship on its horns
And surely smashed it to pieces
They brought the people to Hamburg
There they all had to lose their heads

The executioner's name was Rosenfeld
He cut off the heads of many a fierce hero
With a cool mind
He had laced-up shoes
He stood in blood up to his ankles