Trinklied [English translation]

Free and without cares,

No thoughts about the morrow

We want to be together today

And enjoy our wine and beer

Today the table shall be covered with food

On the spit, a whole pig is roasting

We hold the the steins up high

From drinking, we don't get tired.1

Music shall resound with joy

Whoever can, shall sing along

And if the belly isn't too full

dance on the tables with glee

|:The wine flows,

The beer fiows.

Raise your steins, we drink! :|

A beautiful woman on your lap

You're touching her delicate body

You give her a knowing look

And don't want to go home ever again.

A handsome man next to me

Takes you gently by the hand.

He praises you for your beauty,

wants to lay the world at your feet.2

Music shall resound with joy

Whoever can, shall sing along

And if the belly isn't too full

dance on the tables with glee

|:The wine flows,

The beer fiows.

Raise your steins, we drink! :|

Tell a tall tale about your lives

because what could be more beautiful

then to pass the time with bellowing and laughing

until the night turns into day.

So we want to spend the night

with beautiful and pleasant things

We want to chase away the gloom

We won't allow the fun to be spoiled.

Music shall resound with joy

Whoever can, shall sing along

And if the belly isn't too full

dance on the tables with glee

1. how exactly to word this was surprisingly difficult, since I usually try to be as literal as possible. Not very idiomatic English, but it works. Open to suggestions on this.2. This was tough to translate. Any help is appreciated.