Sehnsucht Lyrics

Lyric discussion by PlanetarumVagatio 

Cover art for Sehnsucht lyrics by Rammstein

the lyrics are very strange and i don't quite understand what it means. If this song was to be translated word to word into english it would be something nonsensical like this...

Let me your tear ride was is over the chin to Africa again into the lap of the lioness where I once home between your long legs search the snow of the last year yet it no more snow there

Let me your tear ride pushes is over clouds without good fortune the large bird the head softly into its ambush back between your long legs search the sand of the last year yet it no more sand there

Longing hidden like an insect in the sleep you do not notice pricks happily will slip sinks is yourself that it yourself I nowhere the finger to Mexico yet it in the ocean longing so cruel

in norwegian it would be something like this..

Lar meg Deres rifttur var er over haken til Afrika igjen inn i skjøtet av lioness hvor jeg en gang hjem mellom Deres lang bein gjennomsøker snøen av den siste] re ennå det ikke mer snør der

Lar meg Deres riftturstøt er over skyer uten god formue den stor fugl hodet blidt inn i dets bakholdsangreprygg mellom Deres lang bein gjennomsøker sanden av den siste] re ennå det ingen mere sand der

Longing gjemt som en insekt i søvnen De ikke legger merke til pricks lykkelig glipper vasker er Dem at det Dem jeg intetsteds fingeren til Mexico ennå det i havet longing slik grusom

Literal word-for-word translations tend to suck in general; used with something like Rammstein lyrics, they often get worse.