Laibach-apologie lyrics

Artist  : Laibach 
Song : Laibach-apologie



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 Seit wann, Soehne der Wahrheit, seid ihr Brueder
der Nacht?
Was hat eure Haende blutrot gemacht?
  Der Ausbruch in der Nacht ist die Bluete des
Leids,
  mit ihr kann nichts entschuldigt sein.
  Nicht zerschlagen laesst sich der Luegenaltar,
der Altar
  der die Form vervielfacht immerdar.
Unbeflecktes Bildnis, Lichter ohne Pein,
schauriger Naechte Schutz allein
  Des Geistes Kinder sind wir und Brueder der
Nacht,
  deren Versprechen nicht zustande gebracht.
  Wir sind schwarze Geister von dieser Welt,
  besingen des Kummers verrueckte Gestalt
Die Erlaeuterung ist die Peitsche, und du
tropfest Blut:
  Zum hundertsten Male zersplittert der Spiegel
der Welt,
  eure Mueh' ist vergeblich; wir haben die Nacht
ueberwunden.
  Unsre Schuld ist beglichen
                            und unser das Licht
(Laibach Apology
Since when, sons of Truth, are you brothers of
the Night?
What has made your hands blood red?
  The outbreak in the night is the flower of pain
[?],
  nothing can be excused by that.
  The altar of lies will not be broken, the altar
  that multiplies the form forever.
Immaculate portrait, bringer of light [?] without
pain,
only protection for horrible nights
  We are children of the ghost [spirit] and
brothers of the Night,
  that does not keep its promises. [?]
  We are black spirits of this world,
  we extol the mad shape of sorrow
The explanation is the whip, and you drip of
blood:
  Break the mirror of the world for the hundredth
time,
  your hardship is in vain; we have defeated the
Night.
  Our debt is paid
                     and ours is the light)
("Laibach-Apologie" (or "Apologija Laibach" as
the Slovenian original
version is called) was written in 1982 by then
frontman of the band, Tomaz
Hostnik, who committed suicide in December that
year. I believe it was his
suicide note. It doesn't appear as a song on this
album, only as a poem
(translated into German) in the CD booklet, but
it appears on at least
three other Laibach albums. A live version is
found on "Baptism - Krst Pod
Triglavom" (their score for a theatre
production). A studio version is
found on "Trans Slovenia Express", a 1994
collection of Slovenian bands
covering Kraftwerk songs, and on the 1987 album
"Slovenska Akropola",
released in former Yugoslavia only.)
(There is a much better English translation in
the book "Neue Slowenische
Kunst", but I don't have it.)