If you ask me where it was most beautiful I'll tell you that it was in Zanzibar A hard overrun For ten weeks I only slept on the deck I cursed the world I spat into the wind And drank salty water And drank salty water When we threw the anchor, there was heavenly calm And the sun stood vertically in the sky When I looked over the railing, I believed in dreams There were a thousand boats and they held on to us In the boats were men and women Their bodies shone in the sun And they sang a song that seemed strange to me But I've never heard it like that I've never heard it like that Heavenly calm, heavenly calm Their boats were holding on to us And with the wind they were laughing They took their flowers And threw them to us And the party was already on Heavenly calm, heavenly calm Heavenly calm, heavenly calm Heavenly calm, heavenly calm I saw paradise It was around 1910 The steward had sailors on his mask And the number masters had their heads smashed But otherwise we were better off healthy Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on!