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Mein Vater wird gesucht → English translation
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Original lyrics
Mein Vater wird gesucht
Mein Vater wird gesucht,
er kommt nicht mehr nach Haus.
Sie hetzen ihn mit Hunden,
vielleicht ist er gefunden –
und kommt nicht mehr nach Haus
Oft kam zu uns SA
und fragte, wo er sei.
Wir konnten es nicht sagen,
sie haben uns geschlagen,
wir schrien nicht dabei.
Die Mutter aber weint,
wir lasen im Bericht,
der Vater sei gefangen
und hätt‘ sich aufgehangen –
das glaub‘ ich aber nicht.
Er hat uns doch gesagt,
so etwas tät‘ er nicht.
Es sagten die Genossen,
SA hätt‘ ihn erschossen –
ganz ohne ein Gericht.
Heut‘ weiß ich ganz genau,
warum sie das getan.
Wir werden doch vollenden,
was er nicht konnt‘ beenden –
und Vater geht voran!
Translation
My father's on the run
My father's on the run
No longer he comes home
They'll track with wild canines him
Don't know if they can find him
And he does not come home
And often came SA (1)
And asked us where he'd be
Of course we stayed all silent
They beat us pretty violent
We didn't even scream
And my dear mother cries
For we read the report
That they had caught and groped him
And had put to the rope him
I don't think that is true
And did he not assure
Such thing he'd never do
The comrades said, I heard it
It was SA that murdered (1)
Him all without a trial
Today I know fine well
Why they did that to us
We'll yet bring to an ending
What he fought for, left pending
Cause father went ahead
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His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all
who play stringed instruments and pipes. (Genesis 4:21)
Submitted by SaintMark on 2016-09-15
Author's comments:
translation mine. kind of bumpy translation but it rhymes. :)
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(1) SA, short for "Sturmabteilung",
military wing of the german Nazi party from 1933 to 1945.
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