The only thing that helps ...,
The only way there is ...
It may be hard for us to scatter clouds in sky,
But our love may grow with each passing day.

On this optimistic note...Thank you!

Very sad. But I disagree with the writer of the following lines because as you well know I believe we can be forgiven of wrong doing through our Lord if we repent and ask for forgiveness. Here I go preaching again - sorry Marikia. I'm just as big a sinner as the next person.

"The world is so devised it happens all the time,
With not so much as hope to make things right."

Kathy

Godsprincess, you've made a good point: if I were the author of the lyrics I wouldn't have placed 'hope' in such context, wouldn't have given up on hope! Thank you for your thoughtful comment! Best wishes!

Godsprincess, now that I think of it I must confess, I've made some poetic deviation from the original when translating these particular lines:

"The world is so devised it happens all the time,
With not so much as hope to make things right."


Word for word in the original:

"The world is so devised that everything is possible in it, and then nothing can be set right."

I could have chosen the following options:

"The world is so devised things happen all the time,
But then what has been done can not be undone,"

or

"The world is so devised things happen all the time,
But then the wrong that's done can not be undone."

There is no mention of 'hope' in the original, but I might have opted to deviate from the original for poetic reasons or in order to fit into music. I usually am more constrained than free when translating, but translators do deviate from time to time without damage to content. If this time the content has suffered, I am sorry.

Thank you, dear poetess, for making me think it over, kindest regards!

I wasn't being critical of your translation - sorry!

Kathy

But I am, and this is the point, and I thank you for it.
Kindest regards, dear poetess!