Bobby McFerrin — The Garden songtekst en vertaling
De pagina bevat de songtekst en de Nederlandse vertaling voor het nummer "The Garden" van Bobby McFerrin.
Songteksten
And there was day
And there was night
There was dark
And there was light
There was the earth
There was the sky
And there in the tree
There crawled a lie
There in Eden
There was good
There in the garden
Where the Tree of Life stood
There the snake was
There the pain
And we’re tryin' to get back
To the garden again
There was fire
There was rain
There was talk
There was shame
They were moanin'
They were cryin'
But there still is a glimmer
In the big man’s eye
Songtekstvertaling
En er was een dag
En er was nacht
Het was donker.
En er was licht
Daar was de aarde.
Daar was de hemel
En daar in de boom
Er kroop een leugen
Daar in Eden
Er was goed
Daar in de tuin
Waar de boom des levens stond
Daar was de slang.
Daar is de pijn.
En we proberen terug te komen
Weer naar de tuin
Er was brand.
Er was regen.
Er werd gepraat.
Er was schaamte.
Ze kreunen.
Ze huilden.
Maar er is nog steeds een glimp
In het oog van de grote man