| Blutrote Himmel erwachen über einer toten Welt
| Crimson skies awaken over a dead world
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| Ihr Schein taucht die Wälder in Leben — Scheinleben
| Their appearance immerses the forests in life — apparent life
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| Der Glanz des Taus spiegelt das Morgengraun
| The shine of the dew reflects the dawn
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| Und Nebelschwaden zerfetzen das Land
| And wafts of mist shred the land
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| Wenn die Morgensonn im Abendrot ertrinkt,
| When the morning sun drowns in the sunset,
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| Wenn das Land im blutgen Schein versinkt
| When the country sinks into bloody glow
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| Wenn der Nebel ihre Strahlen verklärt
| When the fog transfigures their rays
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| Wenn sie am Morgengraun zerbricht
| When it breaks at dawn
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| Wenn ihr Licht nur noch Verzweiflung bringt
| When her light brings only despair
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| Wenn die Morgensonn im Abendrot ertrinkt
| When the morning sun drowns in the sunset
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| Ich starb bevor ich wirklich zu Leben erwacht
| I died before I really came to life
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| Das Ende ergriff meine Seele im Morgengraun
| The end gripped my soul at dawn
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| Zarte Sprossen von der Zeit zertrampelt
| Tender sprouts trampled by time
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| Warum ward ich niemals jung?
| Why was I never young?
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| Grau in Grau, alles ist grau
| Gray in grey, everything is grey
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| Kein Licht vermag mehr zu wärmen
| No light can warm anymore
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| Eine kalte, tote Morgensonne
| A cold, dead morning sun
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| Klammert sich mit eisig Strahlen an das Leben
| Clings to life with icy radiance
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| Wo früher in jedem Blatt das Leben schrie
| Where life used to scream in every leaf
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| Wo Gewässer noch in Hoffnung funkelte
| Where waters still sparkled in hope
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| Scheint jetzt alles nur noch tot und leer
| Everything just seems dead and empty now
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| Und Nacht fällt bevor der neue Tag beginnt
| And night falls before the new day begins
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| Ich wünschte ich könnte teilhaben an dem was ihr Leben nennt,
| I wish I could be a part of what you call life
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| einmal nicht nur funktionieren
| once not only work
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| Wo sind sie denn, eure ewigen Momente, eure großen Gefühle?
| Where are they then, your eternal moments, your great feelings?
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| Einmal nur aus tiefster Seele, voll Inbrunst lachen,
| Just once from the bottom of my heart, laugh fervently,
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| oder zumindest weinen auf dass das Herz zerbricht
| Or at least cry until your heart breaks
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| Was wenn nur noch Verzweiflung und Gleichgültigkeit das Innerste erfüllen
| What if only desperation and indifference fill the innermost
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| Was wenn ich an der Gewissheit zu leben zerbreche, am Leben erkranke
| What if I shatter the certainty of living, become ill while living
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| Ich betrat schon alt die Welt, starb schon vor meiner Zeit
| I entered the world at an old age, died before my time
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| Bin nur eine seelenlose Totgeburt
| I'm just a soulless stillborn
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| 'Grått på grått, alt re grått Intet lys, kan varme meg En kald og død,
| 'Grått på grått, altre grått Intet lys, kan varme meg Enkald og død,
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| morgensol Griper om seg med frosne stråler'
| Morgensol Griper om seg med frosne stråler'
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| Wenn die Morgensonn im Abendrot ertrinkt,
| When the morning sun drowns in the sunset,
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| Wenn das Land im blutgen Schein versinkt
| When the country sinks into bloody glow
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| Wenn der Nebel ihre Strahlen verklärt
| When the fog transfigures their rays
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| Wenn sie am Morgengraun zerbricht
| When it breaks at dawn
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| Wenn ihr Licht nur noch Verzweiflung bringt
| When her light brings only despair
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| Wenn die Morgensonn im Abendrot ertrinkt
| When the morning sun drowns in the sunset
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| English translation by Chaedrist:
| German translation by Chaedrist:
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| Sanguine skies awake above a dead world.
| Sanguine skies awake above a dead world.
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| Their gleam suffuses the woods with life — feigned life.
| Their gleam suffuses the woods with life — feigned life.
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| The sheen of dew reflects the dawn
| The sheen of dew reflects the dawn
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| and wafts of mist cleave the countryside.
| and wafts of mist cleave the countryside.
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| When the morning sun drowns in sunset glow,
| When the morning sun drowns in sunset glow,
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| when the countryside descends into sanguineous light,
| when the countryside descends into sanguineous light,
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| when the mist hazes its rays,
| when the mist hazes its rays,
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| when it bursts from dawn,
| when it bursts from dawn,
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| when its light only brings despair,
| when its light only brings despair,
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| when the morning sun drowns in sunset glow.
| when the morning sun drowns in sunset glow.
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| I died before I truly awakened to life.
| I died before I truly awakened to life.
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| The end grasped my soul at dawn,
| The end grasped my soul at dawn,
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| tenuous sprouts trampled by time.
| tenuous sprouts trampled by time.
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| Why was I never young?
| Why was I never young?
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| Gray in gray, everything is gray.
| Gray in gray, everything is gray.
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| No light is able to warm anymore.
| No light is able to warm anymore.
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| A cold dead morning sun
| A cold dead morning sun
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| clings to life with gelid rays.
| clings to life with gelid rays.
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| As life once screamed in every leaf,
| As life once screamed in every leaf,
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| as waters glistened yet full of hope
| as waters glistened yet full of hope
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| now everything merely appears to be dead and empty
| now everything merely appears to be dead and empty
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| and night falls before a new day begins.
| and night falls before a new day begins.
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| When the morning sun drowns in sunset glow,
| When the morning sun drowns in sunset glow,
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| when the countryside descends into sanguineous light,
| when the countryside descends into sanguineous light,
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| when the mist hazes its rays,
| when the mist hazes its rays,
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| when it bursts from dawn,
| when it bursts from dawn,
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| when its light only brings despair,
| when its light only brings despair,
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| when the morning sun drowns in sunset glow.
| when the morning sun drowns in sunset glow.
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| I wish I could participate in that what you call life.
| I wish I could participate in that what you call life.
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| For once not only functioning
| For once not only functioning
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| Where are they then, your everlasting moments, your grand emotions?
| Where are they then, your everlasting moments, your grand emotions?
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| Only laughing once from the depths of the soul, full of fervency,
| Only laughing once from the depths of the soul, full of fervency,
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| or at least crying so that the heart breaks!
| or at least crying so that the heart breaks!
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| What if the innermost is only drenched with despair and indifference,
| What if the innermost is only drenched with despair and indifference,
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| what if I founder on the certainty of living, fall sick with life?
| what if I founder on the certainty of living, fall sick with life?
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| I came into the world when I was old already, died before my time,
| I came into the world when I was old already, died before my time,
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| am only a soulless stillborn one.
| am only a soulless stillborn one.
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| Grått på grått, alt re grått Intet lys, kan varme meg En kald og død, morgensol
| Grått på grått, alt regrått Intet lys, kan varme meg Enkald og død, morgensol
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| Griper om seg med frosne stråler
| Griper om se med frosne stråler
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| When the morning sun drowns in sunset glow,
| When the morning sun drowns in sunset glow,
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| when the countryside descends into sanguineous light,
| when the countryside descends into sanguineous light,
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| when the mist hazes its rays,
| when the mist hazes its rays,
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| when it bursts from dawn,
| when it bursts from dawn,
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| when its light only brings despair,
| when its light only brings despair,
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| when the morning sun drowns in sunset glow. | when the morning sun drowns in sunset glow. |