My Virtual Reading Room

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Translation of lyrics:

Alma mater, alma mater, a lightweight boat,
A road smooth as a white tablecloth
Leading to countries where weather is perfect.
Alma mater, the eagerness of youth,
Embrace each other, all of you guys with mussed hair,
We have far to sail.

Courageous expressions, friendly faces,
The moist wind, the wind from the south,
The sail above the waves.
The waves keeps splashing against the shore,
The road is smooth as a white tablecloth,
It is graduation night.

Alma mater, alma mater, an old beat-up boat,
The weight of accumulated years hangs over the bow.
The ominous wind, the iron age, and the flame has been extinguished--
Hello, hello, you shabby-looking dog, what's your name?
Embrace your brother tighter--he loved you once--
Matters of long ago--
Wish just a small thing--
So that the road for you and me would be smooth as a tablecloth.

Alma mater, alma mater, the feasts of days gone by,
We shan't forget the aroma of graduation time.
This age of ours--a difficult age--
Has burdened our shoulders--
Embrace me tighter, my faithful friend.

You see--the photo is wrinkled--
There are puppies in ski jackets--
There has not been one death--

The waves keep splashing against the shore,
The road is smooth as a white tablecloth,
It is graduation night.