Der Alte und das Meer English translation
von Santiano

You have sailed far away
And you feel: your strength is fading
On the water already since days
Say how long can you keep yourself awake?
Goodly moored at your side
Is the loot of the long way
But there's no wind
To carry your boat home.

Say old man
How long shall your journey go?
Only infinity
Escorts your path
Say old man whereto?
The oars hardly go
As far as the sky reaches
Only the old and the sea


They circle around you
Just the sea, there is no escape
The enemies lurk everywhere
Every hope, it is long gone
Your effort is in vain
And the shadows they reach for you
There is no wind
And oh so far is your home

Say old man
How long shall your journey go?
Only infinity
Escorts your path
Say old man whereto?
The oars hardly go
As far as the sky reaches
Only the old and the sea

As the night lets go of you
The saving motherland is near
But as you have reached the coast
From the loot nothing is left
And so you drag yourself home
On your back the heavy mast
Where is the pay
For you taking on the trouble?


Say old man
How long shall your journey go?
Only infinity
Escorts your path
Say old man whereto?
The oars hardly go
As far as the sky reaches
Only the old and the sea

Say old man
How long shall your journey go?
Only infinity
Escorts your path
Say old man whereto?
The oars hardly go
As far as the sky reaches
Only the old and the sea

As far as the sky reaches
Only the old and the sea