Auf einem Seemannsgrab [English translation]

No roses bloom on a sailor's grave.

No little flower blooms on a sailor's grave.

The only adornment for us is the white seagulls

And hot tears that a small girl weeps.

The only adornment for us is the white seagulls

And hot tears that a small girl weeps.

So many of us were lost,

But no one weeped.

We were born for the sea voyage,

As long as the sun shines on us.

The ice cold waves

Threw the best of us overboard.

He was pulled into the depths,

The waves swept him away.

The only adornment for us is the white seagulls,

And hot tears that a small girl weeps.

The only adornment for us is the white seagulls,

And hot tears that a small girl weeps.