Cut & Paste or make your own: Foreign language Lyrics & Poetry (3)

I really like poetry, abstract, surreal or very real does not matter.

I have been sparse with the writing lately as I have someone I send them to instead.

But there is poetry everywhere: Most of what I find, I find in lyrics or as small notes in the pretext of a book, places hidden away, disguised by sounds and beat or incomprehensible due to a language barrier.

This thread is to surpass some of that; please post your favourites here, in original languages and a translation as close to the original as possible. Do not forget to credit the author and the translator, even if by you.

In the name of love, good spirit and longing of hearts
I declare this thread opened

Holograf - Singur pe drum (Alone on the road)
Romanian language
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Când luminile s-au stins
Si când sala goala s-a închis
Spectatorii au plecat de mult
Linistea din jur o mai ascult

When the lights been extinguished
And when the empty hall’s been closed
The spectators have left in numbers
You hear the surrounding silence again up close

Obosit si asudat
Fericit si totusi framântat
De aceleasi întrebari:
Daca azi am fost mai bun ca ieri?

Tired and sweaty
Happy and still fretful
The same questions;
If we were better today than yesterday?

Strazile-s acum pustii
E târziu, e noapte si nu stii
Încotro ai vrea sa mergi
Câtre care stea sa mai alergi

The streets are now deserted
It's late, it's night and you don’t know
Where you’d like to go
To which next star to run

Sunt singur pe drum, acum
Sunt singur pe drum
Sunt singur pe drum, acum
Sunt singur pe drum

I am alone on the road now
I am alone on the road
I am alone on the road now
I am alone on the road

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From a song by Holograf: