Dansen aan zee [English translation]

There's my ship arriving

I'm watching from the beach

Writing in the sand

I'm done here

Because the letters of your name

Won't stay written in the sand

But the laws of the land

Don't matter on the open sea

So I'll just take your name with me

Bid me farewell

And forgive me, that I'm counting

Every step aloud

Let's dance, my dear

Dance by the sea

Let's dance, my dear

Dance by the sea

A goodbye waltz on the waterline

Dancing by the sea

One, for your tears

Two, for my own

Three, for the horizon

That we'll disappear onto

You knew exactly who I was

Waving in my jacket

My arms wide and empty

And a heart that was silently yelling

That was longing more and more

For the warmth of your cheeks

Let's dance, my dear

Dance by the sea

Let's dance, my dear

Dance by the sea

A goodbye waltz on the waterline

Dancing by the sea

One, for your tears

Two, for my own

Three, for the horizon

That we'll disappear onto

Say it was nothing

And say I was dreaming

Say I was crazy

Dare to say I was dreaming

Say I was stupid

But I wasn't dreaming at all

Let's dance, my dear

Dance by the sea

Let's dance, my dear

Dance by the sea

A goodbye waltz on the waterline

Dancing by the sea

One, for your tears

Two, for my own

Three, for the horizon

That we'll disappear onto