Ich schrieb nie ein Lied für Karin [English translation]

I wrote many a song for you,

I wrote many a song for me,

Melodies as a pastime

About love

And the life à deux1.

But there's no song relating about her,

Who came along with me for so long.

Whether it was easy or hard,

I just acquiesced it,

She was there for me.

I never wrote a song for Karin,

I never wrote a song for her.

I found words for so many people,

But never for her.

It will glint like her hair,

Would be smart like she has been.

It would laugh just like her,

Would be full of life

And melancholy.

And it would be memory,

And I wouldn't be so lone

With the thanks that she never got.

Because instead of giving,

I've mostly just received.

I never wrote a song for Karin,

I never wrote a song for her.

I found words for so many people,

But never for her.

And so I'm standing here,

And let loose quiet a lot,

Lathy wisdoms for the world.

But I know exactly:

This one song is missing.

I never wrote a song for Karin,

I never wrote a song for her.

I found words for so many people,

But never for her.

I never wrote a song for Karin.

Much too late I realize,

This song that has never been,

Could be my most beautiful one these days.

1. two by two