Wenn sie kommen [English translation]

His day has already begun early, only about an hour's sleep

He jumps from the cattle wagon

Invisible to them, they come the opposite way

A hand in the mandarin carton and then he runs away quickly

Tourists are fixed to the corner

Without being asked, he polishes the dirt off a man's shoes

Only for 4 Dirham

In the vacation season business booms here

They have brilliant Rolexes in the visor

When he takes a look through the window

He stalks through the open window

Even before anyone hears anything

His breathing is short, over the roofs of the city

In these moments he can be a child

He shakes the city dust off

One eye still awake, all the lights are blurry

Both ears open, ready to escape

And he runs when they come

Come, come, come, come, come, come [x4]

And they hunt him afterwards, nimble as he is

He forces himself through a slot and it breaks in fragments

He represses the pain, tries not to scream

He limps further, to not get caught, and he ducks

The police comes, he uses older people as a shield

Until he falls over: blow one, blow two

The tourists are shocked, but do nothing

Because he harms the city image

He is only a street kid, too young for jail

He'd (rather) kill himself first

And when the moment comes, he runs off

His breathing is short, over the roofs of the city

In these moments he can be a child

He shakes the city dust off

One eye still awake, all the lights are blurry

Both ears open, ready to escape

And he runs when they come

Come, come, come, come, come, come [x4]

[Ali As:]

His stomach growls, he waits a moment to breathe

He runs into the store for brand watches

The sheep (skin) with the black strap, the hard way

They pay only the road course for the goods

Sad scenes in dusty light

To the younger tourists they sell Haze

The elders see it in the Audi TT's

Or sit in the Ritz for an ostrich fillet

And he realizes

His dream was blown away in the shimmering air

The parents are ill, no helping hand

He has to be the man here, because someone must

And he runs when they come

Come, come, come, come, come, come [x4]