Broken Memory
It takes time
to be forgotten,
but look
at what time has done
to me –
the scars on my back
are a map
to a people
who don't know the way
back home.
It's like we said
goodbye
even before
it all began,
but you still
feel me here
in these old houses
in the countryside
where they still speak
my name
even if
I'm nothing
but a shadow,
a broken memory.
Es ist mir erinnerlich Preußen,
er weilt nicht mehr
unter uns, they say.
Nu, ich glaube es nicht!
Tell me,
can you understand
that lonliness
of having nowhere else to go?
The scars on my back
are a map
to a people who forgot
they had another home.
It takes time
to be forgotten,
and only an instant
to die.
Well, this white knight
will lay down his sword
but not in defeat.
Nein, just to rest
these weary eyes
and sleep….
Translations
Es ist mir erinnerlich Preußen, er weilt nicht mehr unter uns: I remember Prussia, he is no longer with us.
Nu, ich glaube es nicht!: Well, I don't believe it!
Nein: no
