De Best'n Liada - Wolfgang Ambros traduction en anglais

De Best'n Liada

De best'n Liada hob i längst vagess'n
De hob i olle irgendwo valuan.
Des woan imma nur flüchtige Gedank'n
Aus denen san nie Liada wur'n.
De best'n Liada hob i ned aufg'schrieb'n
Es gibt dann imma irgend so an Grund.
Es woa scho z'spät und i wollt nimma aufbleib'n
I hob grod nix zum Schreib'n g'hobt - oda i woa ned g'sund.
De best'n Liada san zum Übableib'n vaurteilt
Nur weu ma ned g'nua Intresse dafia hod.
Dabei gibt's jede Menge Typ'n
Bei denen lieg'ns in da Schublod.

The Best Poems

The best poems I've long forgotten
I've lost them all somewhere.
They were always just fleeting thoughts
From which no poems ever came.
The best poems I didn't write down
There's always some reason.
It was too late and I didn't want to stay up
I just didn't have anything to write - or I wasn't healthy.
The best poems are doomed to oblivion
Just because you don't have enough interest in them.
There are plenty of guys
With them lying in their drawers.