Die Lieder werden bleiben [English translation]

Long have we travelled

through the travails of many a year

on the roads of a world

that often doesn't hold together

let the weapons lie dormant today 1

into the evening sky rise

Now and here and evermore

many songs

Let us dance, disprove the lies

who knows anyhow whether we'll meet again

raise your cups, a song to our life

soon the journey will continue

soon the journey will continue

The ghosts that we chase

all the spectres that haunt us

and the land on which we stand

will be soon gone with the wind.

Only the songs will remain

will transcend the ages

will long continue to resonate

in our heads as accompaniment

Let us dance, disprove the lies

who knows anyhow whether we'll meet again

raise your cups, a song to our life

soon the journey will continue

soon the journey will continue (x2)

soon the journey will continue

who knows anyhow whether we'll meet again (x4)

Let us dance, disprove the lies

who knows anyhow whether we'll meet again

raise your cups, a song to our life

soon the journey will continue

soon the journey will continue (x2)

1. looking at the syntax I believe the German version should read 'Lass die Waffen heute schweigen. In den Abendhimmel steigen ... viele Lieder wunderbar'. Otherwise the lines don't make sense, especially when looking at the other verses that narrate the story in complete sentences