Rot und schwarz [English translation]

The red door -

I paint it black today

Because everything that used to be red

Is black now.

Oh, tell me

What happened to us?

Why must everything now

Look only black to me?

As red as fire,

The love was glowing once

It has faded for us

As fast as a red poppy.

Oh, and everything around me

Is so black and empty now.

Oh, tell me,

Is there no way out?

Oh, the night is black

And everything around us looks dead

Yet somewhere there

The down is already shimmering.

And soon the sun will be there

High up in the sky

And our love,

It will grow up again.

Oh, as red as fire,

It will bloom again for us

And a hundred thousand red flowers

Will bloom.

And look at the red door to happiness,

It opens up

It opens up to the new happiness

For you and me.

Oh, tell me, tell me,

What happened to us?

Why, why, why must everything

Look only black to me?