Diese kalte Nacht [English translation]

This night is cold

So's the wind that blows

Through our lands

And who still walks now

Is a poor fool

Or on the way

To the lover that every trip is worth

Oh

Open up, let me inside

Your lover stands in the moonlight

This night is so cold

So open up

For tomorrow it'll be too late

My father watches over house and yard

My door locks with an iron lock

And I have no key for it

Tonight there is no way to me.

Oh

Open up, let me inside

Your lover stands in the moonlight

This night is so cold

So open up

For tomorrow it'll be too late

Though the night is so cold

Finally she opens to him

And she kisses her lover's cold forehead

This night is so cold

But she opens the door and he kisses her

Seven times for it

Oh

Open up, let me inside

Your lover stands in the moonlight

This night is so cold

So open up

For tomorrow it'll be too late

The morning comes

With the wind that goes through our lands

But the girl lies in her lover's arm

And thanks so much the cold night and the wind for it.