Bevor [English translation]

I can't say, that I've succeeded well in everything

& that I won everytime

I can't say, that I've controlled every temptation

& that it never mattered to me

I've had a lot of worries, but never so many,

that I lost hope

the big trouble, the really big trouble

I've already faced

often the wind has torn at the roofs

but mine's always stayed in place

another swept your life into pieces

but that was in another place

I also stood there & it blew through me

so that I was much happier

but the big storm, the really big storm

und als der fluss übers ufer kam, was ich im fernseh sah

wars nicht meine habe die er mit sich nahm

und doch kams diesnmal schon sehr nah

ich kam bisher immernoch glimpflich davon; fand immer ein schützendes tor

die große flut, die ganz großer flut

steht mir wohl noch bevor

steht uns wohl noch bevor