Atchafalaya (englisch)

Englische Übersetzung

Red moon –
the sun casts the evening
way over our heads.
We’re just sitting there
as restless as ravens…
Red moon –
at the end of the day.

With pride the town descends
into deep silence.
We drift aimlessly around,
then the lights go out
on the Atchafalaya, Atchafalaya…
The red moon, you and I
wait here for the morning.

A thousand glances behind white doors
see nothing but night through the windows.
Prophets in their own land
are largely just the others.
The ones from here disappear into the sand.

On the Atchafalaya, Atchafalaya…
Then the lights go out
on the Atchafalaya, red moon –
the streets are empty.

I am but a bystander watching your dreams,
passing by and never stopping.
The azaleas in their radiant yellow
as though they want to prove:
beauty will not last for ever.

On the Atchafalaya, Atchafalaya…