| Dunkler Staub am Horizont
| Dark dust on the horizon
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| Ein einsamer Reiter
| A lone rider
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| Naht auf tiefshwarzem Ross
| Seam on deep black horse
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| Nie genannt, ohn' Furcht
| Never mentioned, without fear
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| Sein Anblick von Hoffnung bar
| His sight bereft of hope
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| Kein Ort, wo er je gebannt
| No place he's ever been banned
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| Kein Mensch, der je ihn besiegt
| No man ever defeats him
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| Doch verloren ist
| But is lost
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| Wer ihn bekriegt, wer ihm erliegt
| Who fights him, who succumbs to him
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| So he’s riding through the night
| So he's riding through the night
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| Spreads evil and chaos where he arrives
| Spreads evil and chaos where he arrives
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| Lock the doors, darken the lights
| Lock the doors, darken the lights
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| No escape’s in sight
| No escape's in sight
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| So he’s riding through the land
| So he's riding through the land
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| Impedable by human hand
| Impedable by human hands
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| Lots of places at one time
| Lots of places at one time
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| Riding through an endless night
| Riding through an endless night
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| Sein Schatten, ehern Nebel gleich
| His shadow, like iron fog
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| Legt sich nieder auf die Welt
| Lays down on the world
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| Erbarmungslos reitet er
| He rides without mercy
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| Durch die Zeit
| By the time
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| Doch mancherorts ist er willkommen
| But in some places he is welcome
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| Wird gar erwartet sein Geleit
| His escort is even expected
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| Alle sind gleich, ob Bettler, ob König
| All are equal, whether beggar or king
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| Gibt nie zurück, was er einmal genommen | Never gives back what he once took |