Paroles et traduction Adam Tas - Karkas van haar Valentine

Karkas van haar Valentine

Haar beloftes raak weg in die mis
Soos een spookskip langs die skedel-kus
En haar Chivas Regal glimlag
Los my spookdronk laatnag
En ek wonder waar kruip sy weg vir my
Of ek my missing pieces daar bij haar sal kry

Sys 'n Pandora's box vol nuwe sondes
'N rondloop siel in vlees gebondae
Maar niemand is so doof
Soos 'n man wat nie wil hoor
En ek wonder wat skink sy in my glas vanaand
Whiskey vir die swerwer me sy hoed in sy hand

Ek lê haar saam met kwepers in canfruit bottels in
Ek riem vir haar gebede in ons beste linne in
Sy wag vir my waar die aasvoëls draai
Oor die karkas van haar Valentine
Oor die karkas van haar Valentine

Sy plant my in haar tuin
Lei my nat met wyn
En snoei my blare stomp af tot ek spoorloos verdwyn
Ek vryf haar soos samboksalf op my seerplekke in
En ek het haar gevra om in my oë te kyk
En verbeel hoe happy ek sonder trane sal lyk

Ek riem vir haar gebede in ons beste linne in
Ek lê haar saam met kwepers in canfruit bottels in
Sy wag vir my waar die aasvoëls draai
Oor die karkas van haar Valentine
Oor die karkas van haar Valentine

Her Valentine's carcass

Her promises get lost in the fog
Like a ghost ship along the skull-coast
And her Chivas Regal smile
Gets me ghost-drunk late at night
And I wonder where she hides from me
Or if I'll find my missing pieces there with her

She's a Pandora's box of new sins
A wandering soul bound in flesh
But no one's as deaf
As a man who doesn't want to hear
And I wonder what she pours in my glass tonight
Whiskey for the vagabond with his hat in his hand

I put her in fruit jars with quinces
I sew prayers into our finest linen
She waits for me where the vultures wheel
Over the carcass of her Valentine
Over the carcass of her Valentine

She plants me in her garden
Waters me with wine
And prunes my leaves blunt until I vanish without a trace
I rub her like elderberry ointment on my wounds
And I asked her to look into my eyes
And imagine how happy I'd look without tears

I sew prayers into our finest linen
I put her in fruit jars with quinces
She waits for me where the vultures wheel
Over the carcass of her Valentine
Over the carcass of her Valentine