Aufrecht geh'n [English translation]

So this is good-bye

I won't make a scene

Turn around and go

I don't need your pity

Maybe I'm desperate

Maybe I'm down

But you will see

Despite all this I'm gonna

Walk with my head held high, walk with my head held high

Finally I've learned:

When I fall, I'm gonna get back on my feet

With pride in my eyes and despite the tears on my face

Walk with my head held high through the night into the light

When you come back

I know that day may come soon

It's all for naught

For I'm not gonna wait for you

And when we meet

I will hardly look your way

And when I get weak

I tell myself sternly to

Walk with my head held high, walk with my head held high

Finally I've learned:

When I fall, I'm gonna get back on my feet

With pride in my eyes and despite the tears on my face

Walk with my head held high through the night into the light

My silence is still bitter

And my laughter still sounds a little shrill

My soul still feels a splinter

And I still don't know when it will end

Yet I'm gonna

Walk with my head held high, walk with my head held high

Finally I've learned:

When I fall, I'm gonna get back on my feet

With pride in my eyes and despite the tears on my face

Walk with my head held high through the night into the light