Ernst Busch - Go home, Ami! Ami, go home!

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Ernst Busch - Go home, Ami! Ami, go home!
Go home, Yankee/American! Yankee/American, go home!


Was ist unser Leben wert,
Wenn allein regiert das Schwert
Und die ganze Welt zerfällt in toten Sand?
Aber das wird nicht geschehn,
Denn wir wolln nicht untergehn.
Und so rufen wir durch unser deutsches Land:

What is our life worth,
If only the sword rules
and the whole world disintegrates into dead sand?
But this will not happen,
because we do not want to perish.
And thus we shout through our German land:


[Refrain]
Go home, Ami! Ami, go home!
Spalte für den Frieden dein Atom.
Sag: Good bye dem Vater Rhein.
Rühr' nicht an sein Töchterlein --
Lorelei -- solang du singst,
Wird Deutschland sein!

Go home, Yankee! Yankee, go home!
Split your atom for the peace.
Say: Good bye to the father Rhine.
Touch not his little daughter--
Lorelei - as long as you sing,
Germany will exist!


Clay und Cloy aus USA
Sind für die Etappe da.
„Solln die „german boys" verrecken in dem Sand".
Noch sind hier die Waffen kalt.
Doch der Friede wird nicht alt,
Hält nicht jeder schützend über ihn die Hand!

Clay and Cloy from the USA
are here for the rear area.
"Let the "german boys" bite the dust.".
The weapons here are cold .
Peace will not get old,
If not everyone keeps the hand protecting over it!


[Refrain]


Ami, lern die Melodei
Von der Jungfrau Lorelei,
Die dort oben sitzt und kämmt ihr goldnes Haar.
Wer den Kamm ihr bricht entzwei,
Bricht sich selbst das G'nick dabei.
Uralt ist das Märchen, traurig, aber wahr!

Yank, learn the melody
from the virgin Lorelei,
who sits there on top and combs her golden hair.
He who breaks in half her comb,
himself breaks the neck by that.
The fairy tale is very old, sad, but true!


Go home, Ami! Ami, go home!


Laß in Ruh den deutschen Strom!
Denn für deinen „Way of Life"
Kriegst du uns ja doch nicht reif.
Gruß von Lorchen: „Bon plaisir"
Der Kamm bleibt hier!

Leave in peace the German river!
because for your "Way of Life"
you will not get us ready.
Greeting from Lorchen: "Good pleasure"
The comb stays here!


Ami, hör auf guten Rat:
Bleib auf deinem Länggengrad,
Denn dein Marshall bringt uns zuviel Kriegsgefahr.
Auch der Frieden fordert Kampf.
Setz' die Kessel unter Dampf.
Anker hoch! Das Schiff ahoi! Der Kurs ist klar!

Yank, listen to good advice:
stay at your longitude,
Since your Marshall brings us too much war danger.
Even the peace demands fighting.
Put the boilers under steam.
Anchor up! The ship ahoy! The course is clear!


[Refrain]

HI macbard,
a few remarks to the above:

„Solln die „german boys" verrecken in dem Sand"

"Sollen" is some kind of imperative, i think translating with "Should" doesnt get the point. "Verrecken in dem Sand" is also difficult to translate.
To keep it short and to stay close to the sense of this line, I would choose:

Let the "german boys" bite the dust.

Doch der Friede wird nicht alt

As discussed elsewhere in this forum, werden, is here ment as future and is to be translated, while "Hält nicht jeder schützend über ihn die Hand" is conditional (This is a very ancient German and difficult to understand and translate).
"schützend" here is no adverb.

in this way, so I would suggest:

Peace will not get old,
should not everyone keep the hand protecting over it
(or if everyone keeps the hand protecting over it)


Wer den Kamm ihr bricht entzwei

The German Dative here showing the indirect object of "zerbrechen" is ancient language. I would not bother with this, but translate to the sense it is ment:


He who breaks in half her comb

Laß in Ruh den deutschen Strom!
Denn für deinen „Way of Life"
Kriegst du uns ja doch nicht reif.

"Reif kriegen" und "reif sein" is a colloquialism.

It means:

Leave in peace the German river!
because for "way of life"
you wont get us ready .

Remark "Marshall" refers to the "Marshall-Plan".

Quite old song from the 1950´s containing some difficult phrases.

Hi Ray Alpha,

thanks for the help. It is much appreciated. An interesting song from history. Very catchy tune also.

(or if everyone keeps the hand protecting over it)

Sorry, i forgot the negotiation in this part of the sentence.

If you look over it, it has to be

Peace will not get old,
"if not everyone keeps the hand protecting over it".

Please correct this in the above translation