Ohne Dich [English translation]

I don’t know how long it’s been

that you are gone away,

since the end of my dreams,

when the pain has come.

I don’t know how it continues

in a world, here, without you,

alone, lost.

Please don’t leave me in the lurch

I would do anything for you

(but) please don’t leave me alone,

(Because) without you I cannot live,

without you I cannot exist.

Why do you want to go with him,

to this place, far from here?

Why don’t you answer my begging.

Please stay with me.

Now I kneel here praying

in the dark, dumb, alone.

Why can’t I,

but only death,

be your last love?