Dancer (Tanečnice)

 Lyrics: Robert Krestan, Translation: Ruth Ellen Gruber
 
An upturned chair shows the hour has passed
In a night club at the end of care.
The one last dancer in the corner stands
Brushing glitter from her
long dark hair.


I´m the last guest, the last glass in my hand;
I´m the last one in this
place.
I push back my hat and I look at her,
How she fools the world, with
all her paint


Refrain:
Josephina, dance for me, dance the dawning sky
For this
undrunk, unfinished night
Ah, dance for me good-bye


She takes her bag, my ballerina;
Just a key and a bottle of beer.
She
straightens the chairs and kills the light,
She smiles as she gets out of
here.


I open the door, it´s early dawn
It leads me down the path
outside
Where heaven´s morning stars await
The one who has refused to
hide.


The north wind’s casting its magic spells
On my beachhead by the
sea
When all at once my heart reveals
A naked fantasy


Somewhere in my dream a dancer whirls
Too daring maybe for my soul
I
set sail toward the open waves
Just call me Ishmael


Refrain:
Josephina, dance for me, dance the dawning sky
For this
undrunk, unfinished night
Ah, dance for me good-bye