Soutwater [English translation]

I'm now only like a man,

a battered ruin, where there once was life.

A heathen whose lips

someplace, sometime,

could disappear into yours

and find salvation again.

The windpump turns,

but there's nothing,

just dust in the taps.

I need your love to quench my thirst,

because here there are only tears.

Ref.:

I'm thirsty,

I get lost in the streets where I live.

I'm thirsty,

I want to get drunk on your wine.

But here where I live

there's only saltwater and desert,

only saltwater and desert.

I'm now only like a man,

an abandoned house where there,

walls filled with togetherness,

someplace, sometime.

You were my oasis in the desert.

The windpump turns, I struggle to fall asleep.

I need your bosom to rest my head,

there are only cliffs and sand here.

Ref.:

I'm thirsty,

I get lost in the streets where I live.

I'm thirsty,

I want to get drunk on your wine.

But here where I live

there's only saltwater and desert,

only saltwater and desert.

• Artist:Bok Van Blerk