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In this world of tears and sorrow

Lives a man who is trapped out at sea

And I pray every night

to the gods of the stream

Let the sea bring him back to me

And they sail forever

A doomed endeavour

No end to this torture,

no end to this night

The letters we wrote are in vain

We will never see our loved ones again

“Storm of gheen storm, Paesen of gheen

Paesen. Ik zal vaeren, al is het tot in den

eeuwigheid!”

Your legend spreads faster

than sea or wind can ever go

Your foolishness, is contagious

Our life together, lost.

Those who cross your path

Shiver with the fear of death

Your sails are full,

though winds are still

Without a breath your sails to fill

And they sail forever

A doomed endeavour

No end to this torture,

no end to this night

The letters we wrote are in vain

We will never see our loved ones again

My strength, my friend, my lover

How I curse your doom

at the Cape of Good Hope.

No fortune you’ll find

amidst cyclone and foam

The endless waves now your home

And they sail forever

A doomed endeavour

No end to this torture,

no end to this night

The letters we wrote are in vain

We will never see our loved ones again

And they sail forever

A doomed endeavour

No end to this torture,

no end to this night

The letters we wrote are in vain

We will never see our loved ones again