Melodie/Tune: Johannes Schondorf

MIDI: R. F. Hahn, ©2002

Song Excerpt: Hannes Wader

Plattdeutsche Lieder

Wenn abends rood de Wulken treckt,
So denk ik – och! – an di.
So trock vœrbi dat ganze Heer,
Un du weerst mit derbi.

When close to dusk red clouds go by,
Oh, how I think of you!
That’s how the army once went by.
And you? You were there too.

Wenn ut de Bööm de Blœder fallt,
So denk ik gliek an di.
So full so menni’ brave Jung,
Un du weerst mit derbi.

When leaves fall from the autumn trees,
That’s when I think of you.
Many a good lad fell like that.
And you? You’ve fallen too.

Denn sett ik mi so truri’ hin
Un denk so vääl an di.
Ik äät alleen mien Abendbrot –
Un du büst nich derbi.

And then I sit me down all sad
And think so much of you.
I have my supper all alone ...
I have it without you.