Last Christmas [English translation]

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart

But the very next day, you gave it away

This year, to save me from tears

I'll give it to someone special

Last Christmas

I gave you my heart

But by the next day

You threw it away, so painful

This year it's clear, to save my tears

Someone else is getting my heart

Last Christmas

Ice cold weather

I wander through the streets

Tinsel in the hair

Tears in the eyes

A stomach ache from the Christmas goose

And Christmas splendour gleams from all the windows

But I don't really feel like celebrating

Because I've lost everything

Everything beautiful and good

I still can't believe what you did

I could have almost missed the bauble!

Last Christmas

I gave you my heart

But by the next day

You threw it away, so painful

This year it's clear, to save my tears

Someone else is getting my heart

Last Christmas

I break into my piggy bank1

I travel into town

Think, this can't be true

I wanted so much to give you something completely different

Hey, but with these prices it's out of the question

I admit, you always kindle the fire of love inside me

But perfume from Chanel is simply too expensive for me

I want to give you love

But that's not possible

I hope I can think of something else

Last Christmas

I gave you my heart

But by the next day

You threw it away, so painful

This year it's clear, to save my tears

Someone else is getting my heart

At the Christmas market

I see a stand with colourful candles

And another stand with colourful gingerbread hearts

They look so funny

And are also dirt cheap

I go to the saleswoman and say "Hey, I want this one!"

Written on it is "You sweet mouse"

And I gave it to you

But the way how you reacted

I found it out of order

When I think about it today

I cry into my pillow

Because you simply threw it into the bin

Last Christmas

I gave you my heart

But by the next day

You threw it away, so painful

This year it's clear, to save my tears

Someone else is getting my heart

I gave you my heart

Yes, it's clear to me

That unfortunately it was just a heart of gingerbread

I gave you my heart

But in the end

You didn't like it at all

Last Christmas

I gave you my heart

But by the next day

You threw it away, so painful

This year it's clear, to save my tears

Someone else is getting my heart

1. Idiomatic. This literally translates as "I slaughter my piggy bank"