Schiffag'sangl
Language: German (Lower Austrian)
Wia d' Wölkerl am Himmel,
wia d' Wellerln in See,
so wechselt in Hearzn
a 's Wohl mid'n Weh.
Ös Felsna, wear wiard denn
scho schlåfa so frua?
I schrei eng's in d' Ohrn 'nein
und lås eng koan Rua.
I schrei eng's in d' Ohrn 'nein,
wia guad åls 's ma gehd,
Z'truz dem, das 's mid mia nid
In Aldn mear stehd!
Sunst woar ma mein Schif
und mein Ruada mein Weld;
iazt gniag'n s' ma håld nima;
wear sågd, wås ma fehld?
Alloan is's ma bschwerli,
alloan wil's nid daug'n;
miar fehl'n no zwoa Handerln,
miar fehl'n no zwoa Aug'n.
Zwoa Handerln zun Ruadarn,
wån's Schif si wil schdraib'n;
zwoa Augerl åals Stearnderln,
wohin i's sol treib'n!
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Skipper's song
Language: English after the German (Lower Austrian)
Like the clouds in the sky,
like the waves in the lake,
so are incessantly changing
well and woe in the human heart.
Ye rocks, who will sleep
when the morning has come?
I'll shout it into your ears
and shall give you no rest.
I'll shout it into your ears,
how well I feel,
though it is with me not
as it used to be.
Formerly my boat
and my rudder were the world for me,
but now they don't suffice any more;
who can tell, what I'm lacking?
For me alone it's too burdensome
alone I won't get on;
I'm lacking two hands more,
I'm lacking two more eyes.
Two hands to rudder,
when the boat will buck,
and two eyes as stars
to show me, where I shall drive it.
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