Wir Moorsoldaten - Rome

We live on tea and grief

We who brought this cult to light

We who only live for them

And only by their code

We are entombed alive

In these poems

Watch us dance on the beaches

Watch us die in the sun

You think you understand our pain

And that lives full of fatigue

Can sweeten up

You have come to love

Our name

This dancing spray of flame

This tribute to our god

But we are savage children

We are sleepless soldiers

We partners in grief

We have turned to them

As flowers turn to the sun

For they make us disappear

In the darkness of their fire

Wir kennen einander nicht

Wir Moorsoldaten

Und suchen wir alle auch das Licht

Wir Moorsoldaten

So leuchtet doch all unsere Müh vergebens

So leuchtet auch der Tod vergebens

Leuchtet das Leben uns denn nicht?

Wir belügen einander nicht

Wir Moorsoldaten

Wir betrügen einander nicht

Wir Moorsoldaten

Und bleibt auch Alles stehn

Um in Gleichgültigkeit zu vergehen

Wir zerfressen einander nicht

Es lebe die Freiheit!

We live on tea and grief

We who brought this cult to light

We who only live for them

And only by their code

We are entombed alive

In these poems

Watch us dance on the beaches

Watch us die in the sun

You think you understand our pain

And that lives full of fatigue

Can sweeten up

You have come to love

Our name

This dancing spray of flame

This tribute to our god

But we are savage children

We are sleepless soldiers

We partners in grief

We have turned to them

As flowers turn to the sun

For they make us disappear

In the darkness of their fire

We don't know each other

We bog soldiers

And let's all seek the light

We bog soldiers

So all our toil shines in vain

So also death shines in vain

Doesn't life shine for us?

We don't lie to each other

We bog soldiers

We don't cheat on each other

We bog soldiers

And everything stays still

To pass away in indifference

We don't eat each other up

Long live freedom!