The Titanic - Pete Seeger перевод на немецкий

The Titanic

It was on one Monday morning just about ono'clock
When that great ship Titanic began to reel and rock.

People began to scream and cry saying, Lord I'm a-goin to die
It was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad, it was sad, it was sad when that great ship went down
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down

When that ship left England it was making for the shore
The rich refused to associate with the poor
So they put the poor below; they were the first to go
It was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad, it was sad, it was sad when that great ship went down
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down

While they were building they said what they would do
We will build a ship that the water can't go through
But God with power in hand showed the world that it could not stand
was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad, it was sad, it was sad when that great ship went down
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down

Those people on that ship were a long ways from home
With friends all around they didn't know that the time had come
Death came riding by, sixteen hundred had to die
was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad, it was sad, it was sad when that great ship went down
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad, it was sad, it was sad when that great ship went down
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down

While Paul was sailing, his men all around
God told him that not a man should drown
If you trust in me and obey I will save you all today
was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad, it was sad, it was sad when that great ship went down
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down

You know it must have been awful with those people on the sea
They say that they were singing "Nearer My God to Thee"
While some were homeward bound sixteen hundred had to drown,
was sad when that great ship went down.
It was sad, it was sad, it was sad when that great ship went down
Husbands and wives, little children lost their lives
It was sad when that great ship went down

Die Titanic

Es war an einem Montagmorgen, kurz vor eins,
Als das große Schiff Titanic zu schwanken begann.

Leute schrien und weinten: "Herr, ich werde sterben!"
Es war traurig, als das große Schiff sank.
Traurig, traurig war's, als es in die Tiefe sank -
Ehemänner und Frauen, Kinder verloren ihr Leben,
Es war traurig, als das große Schiff sank.

Als es England verließ, steuerte es aufs Meer hinaus,
Die Reichen weigerten sich, mit den Armen umzugehen.
Sie steckten die Armen unters Deck; sie waren die Ersten am Grund -
Es war traurig, als das große Schiff sank.
Traurig, traurig war's, als es in die Tiefe sank -
Ehemänner und Frauen, Kinder verloren ihr Leben,
Es war traurig, als das große Schiff sank.

Beim Bau sprachen sie stolz voll Übermut:
"Wir erschaffen ein Schiff, das dem Wasser widersteht!"
Doch Gott zeigte mit Macht: Es hielt nicht stand
Es war traurig, als das große Schiff sank.
Traurig, traurig war's, als es in die Tiefe sank -
Ehemänner und Frauen, Kinder verloren ihr Leben,
Es war traurig, als das große Schiff sank.

Diese Menschen an Bord, weit entfernt von ihrem Zuhaus,
Von Freunden umgeben, unkund wie nie zuvor.
Der Tod ritt vorbei, sechzehnhundert gingen ein -
Es war traurig, als das große Schiff sank.
Traurig, traurig war's, als es in die Tiefe sank -
Ehemänner und Frauen, Kinder verloren ihr Leben,
Es war traurig, als das große Schiff sank.
Traurig, traurig war's, als es in die Tiefe sank -
Ehemänner und Frauen, Kinder verloren ihr Leben,
Es war traurig, als das große Schiff sank.

Während Paulus segelte, seine Mannschaft ringsherum,
Versprach Gott, dass kein Mann ertrinken drum.
"Vertraust du mir und gehorchst, rett ich euch alle noch"
Es war traurig, als das große Schiff sank.
Traurig, traurig war's, als es in die Tiefe sank -
Ehemänner und Frauen, Kinder verloren ihr Leben,
Es war traurig, als das große Schiff sank.

Grauenvoll war's dort draußen auf hoher See,
Man sagt, sie sangen "Näher mein Gott zu dir".
Doch während manche heimwärts zog', ertrank sechzehnhundert Volk,
Es war traurig, als das große Schiff sank.
Traurig, traurig war's, als es in die Tiefe sank -
Ehemänner und Frauen, Kinder verloren ihr Leben,
Es war traurig, als das große Schiff sank.