Die Nacht ist nicht allein zum Schlafen da [English translation]

When citizens go to their sleep

And pray to their king for protection

That's when hedonists in their best attire are going to the tavern

Under the street lights

The night wasn't made just for sleeping

The night is whatever happens

A ship isn't designed just to lie in the harbour

It needs to sail out to the open sea

Get drunk, my friends

Drink and laugh and love and live for the moment

The night spent drunk1

Brings happiness and joy

And when at last the new day dawns through hazy windows

And the men stay together without their women

Their whispered words turn into bombs

Revolution, revolution in the catacombs

The night wasn't made just for sleeping

The night...

1. Or, figuratively, in ecstasy.