Bei Nacht [English translation]

I think back to all these colors that

I longed for in empty hours

Glances in the wind in unfamiliar streets

Yet I remained silent

I think of how quiet it was

And how my yearning drove me to and fro

I ponder the words that I’m missing

You will say them

At night, at night you see a light

You hear the words you tell us

Then in the morning as the day greets us

We’re ready for that whimsical happiness

I think back to all those days

All the nights full of agonizing yearning

I ponder these words, I went to find you

Yet I remained silent

I think of how I saw it

In bright colors and not just once

An image, a light

I felt you in some distant time

At night, at night you see a light

You hear the words you tell us

Then in the morning as the day greets us

We’re ready for that whimsical happiness