Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume [English translation]

My heart and my mind

is so full of Vienna

for Vienna as it weeps, as it laughs

that's where I know my way, that's where I'm at home

at day and at night

and no one is untouched

be he young, be he old

who knows Vienna as it really is.

Would I have to leave

this beautiful place

my yearning would never end.

Refrain:

Then I would hear an imaginary, faraway song,

that sounds and sings, that entices and draws me.

Vienna, Vienna you alone

will always be the city of my dreams,

there, where the cute old houses are,

there, where the lovely girls walk.

Vienna, Vienna you alone

will always be the city of my dreams

there, where I am happy and delirious

is Vienna, is Vienna, my Vienna.

Whether I want it or not -

I only hope it comes late -,

once I will have to leave this world.

I will have part

from love and wine,

as, whatever you gain, you loose.

But, it will be quite o. k.

I won't have to go far,

I will fly right into heaven.

Where I will sit,

and watch Vienna from above,

and see the St. Stephan' s church greeting me.

• Artist:Richard Tauber
• Album:The Richard Tauber Collection, Vol.30