Herbstgewitter über Dächern [English translation]

Autumn thunderstorm on the rooftops, snow squall loaded with anger, springtime storm in the foliage of the year, summer wind in the ripened grain.

I wouldn't have seen all that, would have been blind to all the rest,

All it would have taken was a slight breeze in your hair and I would have told myself, gee,

I certainly know the wind.

Uproar in the street, juke-box music and a song wafting in on the air from somewhere.

Rumblings in the plumbing, laughing, shouts, then suddenly silence all around.

I would never have paid any attention to all that, would have been deaf to it all,

It would have taken just a single word uttered by you and I would have told myself, gee,

I certainly have heard.

Colourful ribbons and garlands, the sun following a night of getting drunk, the glow of a neon ligh in the morning fog, a little before the city rouses itself.

I would have dwelt upon my hangover, I would have seen nothing but you,

It would have taken only closing my eyes on you and I would have told myself, gee,

I certainly have seen.

Expectation, hope and giving up, wandering and confusion,

Doubt, faith and pardon, tears of joy, drunkenness.

I wouldn't have ever known all of that, I wouldn't have experienced it,

All it would have taken was falling asleep in your arms and I would have told myself, gee,

I certainly have lived.

• Artist:Reinhard Mey
• Album:Mein achtel Lorbeerblatt