Tränen im Ozean [English translation]

From where comes the salt in the sea?

From the children of Babylon.

They cry their eyes dry/empty

many thousands of years already

The fathers fought in/went to the war

believed an old delusion

and all that remained of them

are tears in the ocean

Tell me, when

the hawks fly away,

tell me, when

is the world a place

where no child

has to cry for his father?

From where comes the salt in the sea?

from the mothers of Babylon

They cry their eyes dry/empty

many thousands of years already

Sons fought in/went to the war

believed an old delusion

and all that remained of them

are tears in the ocean

Tell me, when

will we understand

Tell me, what must

happen next

that out of hatred

new hate is not again created?

Only because the people

still can hope

does the future

begin each day

but bit by bit and more and more

the old delusion disintegrates

and someday no one sees anymore

the tears in the ocean