Lili Marleen [Lied eines jungen Wachtpostens]
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LILI MARLEEN Listen to the bugle, hear its silv'ry call, Carried by the night air telling one and all, "Now is the time to meet your girl, to meet your girl, to meet your girl", as once I met Marleen... my sweet Lili Marleen. Underneath the lantern by the barracks gate, there I met Marleen every night at eight... That was the time in early Spring when birds all sing then Love was king, of my heart and Marleen's, of my heart and Marleen's. Waiting for the drum beat signaling retreat, walking in the shadows where all lovers meet. Yes, those were days of long ago I loved her so, I couldn't know that time would part Marleen, that time would part Marleen. Then I heard the bugle calling me away, by the gate I kissed her, kissed her tears away. And, by the flick'ring lantern's light I held her tight, t'was our last night, my last night with Marleen my last night with Marleen. Still I hear the bugle, hear its silv'ry call, carried by the night air telling one and all, "Now is the time to meet your girl, to meet your girl, to meet your girl", as once I met Marleen my sweet Lili Marleen. | Buite my kaserne wag ek elke nag, staan ek in die lamplig daar vir jou en wag... 'N huisie vir twee sal ons laat bou, ek wag my lewe lank vir jou, vir jou, Lili Marlene, vir jou, Lili Marlene. Blaas daar die sein vir bewapening gee my nog 'n aand in jou betowering moet ons dan vaarwel sê en moet skei maar in my hart bly jy by my, net jy Lili Marlene. Gee my dan 'n roos om te kan wys jy gee ook om met 'n goue kruis voel jy terneergeslaan onthou daar kom weer beter dae, vir jou Lili Marlene, vir jou Lili Marlene. As ons marsjeer in modder en in kou en my pak voel swaarder as wat ek kan hou my liefde vir jou hernieu, my plig ek is weer warm my pak voel lig vir jou, vir jou, Lili Marlene. En as die oorlog oor is en ons veg nie meer, kry ek jou dan daar net by jou woonhuisdeur, ons liefde sal ons weer kan herbou, my liefde die bly nog steeds vir jou, vir jou Lili Marlene, vir jou Lili Marlene. |