Zwesche
Rotterdam
un
Basel,
sick
Johrzehnte
stromaufwärts
un
leer
retour.
Die
Krüzze'n
Zahle
ahm
Ufer
kennte,
bruch
kein
Landkaat
mieh
un
och
kein
Uhr.
Ahm
Bug
steht
"Sysiphos",
er
weiß
nimieh
wiesu,
dat
Scheef
heeß
immer
su.
"Suwiesu",
wat
all
vorbei
ess,
weiß
ich
suwiesu.
Obwohl,
wat
heiß
he
suwiesu?
Mer
weed
doch
dräume
dürfe,
aff
un
zo".
Er's
op
dämm
Kahn
he
opjewaaße
un
er
weiß
noch
wie'e
stolz
ahm
Ruder
stund.
Papa
leet
en
he
un
do
ens
lenke,
weiß
sujar
noch
dat
Jeföhl
op
singem
Ärm
un
wie'e
roch.
Un
dann
die
Johre
met
Johanna
un
dämm
Klein,
doch
ir'ndwann
jing
die
och.
"Suwiesu,
wat
all
vorbei
ess,
weiß
ich
suwiesu.
Obwohl,
wat
heiß
he
suwiesu?
Mer
weed
doch
dräume
dürfe,
aff
un
zo.
Suwiesu:
Wer
dräump
ess
lang
noch
keine
Idiot.
Klar,
mer
verläuf
sich
he
un
do,
doch
wer
nie
dräump,
ess
schon
lebendig
duut".
Medden
om
Fluß
ess
et
janz
still.
Dä
Kurs
zo
hahle's
alles
watt'e
will.
Nur
die
Maschin,
die
sich
stromaufwärts
quält,
durch
et
Wasser
wöhlt.
Un
deef
en
ihm,
do
ess
en
Stemm,
die
brüllt.
Zwesche
Rotterdam
un
Basel,
schwerbelade
stromaufwärts
un
leer
retour
Between
Rotterdam
and
Basel,
for
decades
upstream
and
returning
empty.
I
know
the
numbers
on
the
buoys
along
the
shore,
I
don't
need
a
map
or
a
clock
anymore.
On
the
bow
is
written
"Sisyphus",
he
doesn't
know
why
anymore,
that's
always
been
the
name
of
this
ship.
"Suwiesu",
I
know
why
everything
that's
past
is
past.
Although,
what
does
he
mean,
why?
We're
allowed
to
dream,
now
and
then.
He
grew
up
on
this
boat
and
he
still
remembers
how
proud
he
was
at
the
rudder.
Papa
let
him
steer
every
now
and
then,
I
can
still
feel
his
arm
and
smell
him.
And
then
the
years
with
Johanna
and
the
little
one,
but
irgendwann
she
left
as
well.
"Suwiesu,
I
know
why
everything
that's
past
is
past.
Although,
what
does
he
mean,
why?
We're
allowed
to
dream,
now
and
then.
Suwiesu:
He
who
dreams
is
not
an
idiot.
Sure,
we
lose
our
way
every
now
and
then,
but
he
who
never
dreams
is
already
dead".
The
river
is
completely
still
in
the
middle.
He
can
steer
any
way
he
wants.
Only
the
engine,
which
strains
upstream,
churns
through
the
water.
And
deep
inside
him,
there's
a
voice
that
screams.
Between
Rotterdam
and
Basel,
heavily
laden
upstream
and
returning
empty