I want to be a lighthouse
in the night and wind –
for cod and smelt,
for every boat –
and yet I myself
a ship in distress.
(W. Borchert, 1949)

I want to be a lighthouse
in the night and wind –
for cod and smelt,
for every boat –
and yet I myself
a ship in distress.
(W. Borchert, 1949)
