Monarchy Now [English translation]

Monarchy now, alive

I buried my tomcat yesterday,

A gift from my father

He says we are all equal before God,

Only our kaiser was more equal -

Even as a corpse

He says, no matter kaiser or führer -

All of them war losers

I silently inspect my medals,

Then many things become clearer to me

Kaisers, princes, kings -

All of them beloved monarchs

Pleased again about where

The train of time is taking them today

Give the country daring

Parades - patriarchs

Give the people the saints

That they wish for so bad

Monarchy now, alive

In a worse case scenario, if I had to choose

Between monstrous or decadent souls,

Between kingdom standards and

Schönbrunn lilacs1,

Then I'd still rather choose the Crown Prince

He may not have had his own kingdom,

But a multitude of mistresses to make up for it

It also stayed that way, in any case

In that point -

He'd be a liberal

Kaisers, princes, kings -

All of them beloved monarchs

Pleased again about where

The train of time is taking them today

Give the country daring

Parades - patriarchs

Give the people the saints

That they wish for so bad

Well, there goes our salvage guys

With flags, trumpets and shells

For the monarchs

Orient Express, Constantinople-Vienna

Give the country snazzy

Salon party plonarchs2,

Let the dissidents

Leave for America now

Kaisers, princes, kings -

All of them beloved monarchs

Pleased again about where

The train of time is taking them today

Give the country daring

Parades - patriarchs

Give the people the saints

That they wish for so bad

1. Schloss Schönbrunn.2. Not sure what 'Plonarch' is.