Текст и перевод песни Andries Bezuidenhout - Lied Vir Berlyn

Lied Vir Berlyn

Van die Fernsehturm sien jy als van bo
Want 'n nuwe stad leer ken jy mos so
Stad van mure, stad van hekke
Checkpoint Charlie en Brandenburg Tor

Vir Leonard Cohen beter in die Waldbühne leer ken
Om kort daarna maar weer afskeid te kan neem
In Unter den Linden koop ons parfuum
By die Hauptbahnhof hoor ons Lili Marleen

Stad van sloop, stad van bou
Mure word soms in drome onthou
Altyd in sirkels op die S-Bahn se spoor
Op Alexanderplatz my ewewig verloor

As jy betonblokke poets word hulle blink
In rye gestapel kan die lig jou verblind
In Kastanienallee of beton verdwaal
As die verlede jou iewers uit die toekoms kom haal

Soek Rosa Luxemburg langs Kreuzberg se kanaal
Waar Wim Wenders se engele in die skemer dwaal
Die Palast der Republik se versplinterde glas
Hoop groei somtyds waar nagmerries was

Stad van sloop, stad van bou
Mure word soms in drome onthou
Altyd in sirkels op die S-Bahn se spoor
Op Alexanderplatz my ewewig verloor

Vir 'n Steh Kaffee met jou in Prenzlauer Berg ontmoet
My klere was te donker vir die kleur van my gemoed
Stad van ontheemdes, stad van behoort
Checkpoint Charlie en Ishtar se poort

Stad van sloop, stad van bou
Mure word soms in drome onthou
Altyd in sirkels op die S-Bahn se spoor
Op Alexanderplatz my ewewig verloor

Song for Berlin

From the Fernsehturm you can see everything from above
Because a new city you get to know like that
City of walls, city of gates
Checkpoint Charlie and Brandenburg Gate

Leonard Cohen better in the Waldbühne to get to know
To shortly thereafter already goodbye to say
In Unter den Linden we buy perfume
At the Hauptbahnhof we hear Lili Marleen

City of demolition, city of construction
Walls are sometimes in dreams remembered
Always in circles on the S-Bahn track
On Alexanderplatz my eternity lost

If you polish concrete blocks they become shiny
In rows stacked the light can blind you
In Kastanienallee or concrete get lost
If the past you somewhere out of the future comes to get

Look for Rosa Luxemburg along Kreuzberg's channel
Where Wim Wenders' angels in the twilight wander
The Palast der Republik's shattered glass
Hope sometimes grows where nightmares were

City of demolition, city of construction
Walls are sometimes in dreams remembered
Always in circles on the S-Bahn track
On Alexanderplatz my eternity lost

For a Steh Kaffee with you in Prenzlauer Berg to meet
My clothes were too dark for the color of my mood
City of the displaced, city of belonging
Checkpoint Charlie and Ishtar's gate

City of demolition, city of construction
Walls are sometimes in dreams remembered
Always in circles on the S-Bahn track
On Alexanderplatz my eternity lost