Sehnsucht [English translation]

Those times whenever you're not with me,

when another evening is unending,

I fly to you in my dreams.

Then you always call me at night again,

you ask me if I also cannot sleep,

and what my dream was like today?

And then I say, "Wonderful."

But I never tell you of my longing

that grows ever greater with each passing day.

That it wakes me each morning,

and goes to sleep with me,

that too I keep from you each night.

I've always been that way,

I don't know why that is.

Have often laughed so as not to cry.

When you afterwards kiss me through your mobile,

I just feel ever more how hard it is

to play the strong woman for you.

Sometimes I'd then most like to scream,

"When will you be next to me again?"

I can hardly stand it any more,

I can really hardly stand it any more.

But I never tell you of my longing

that grows ever greater with each passing day.

That it wakes me each morning,

and goes to sleep with me,

that too I keep from you each night.

I've always been that way,

I don't know why that is.

Have often laughed so as not to cry.

I miss you ever more each day.

How much longer can I stay so strong?1

How much longer?

But I never tell you of my longing

that grows ever greater with each passing day.

That it wakes me each morning,

and goes to sleep with me,

that too I keep from you each night.

I've always been that way,

I don't know why that is.

Have often laughed so as not to cry.

1. Or strong in this way

• Artist:Helene Fischer
• Album:Für einen Tag