Univelka [English translation]

Why am I still awake?

this question I pondered alone at midnight

why I don't get any sleep this night

I still haven't got the answer

I notice how it blurs in my eyes

I hear how sounds are getting muffled

when what I was waiting for finally comes

[refrain]

At long last it's time to sigh1

Finally I get a grip on a dream2

the most beautiful one

At long last thought snaps

Finally I'm able to leave this

difficult3 world

I had to stay awake long

and to watch myself in the mirror eye to eye

but I was forced to give in

and to pay off all my old sleep debts

a handful of pills

a glass of wine

and what I waited for will come anyway

[refrain] 2 x

1. or 'to take a deep breath'2. it could also mean 'sleep', but I think 'dream' fits better here3. or 'evil', 'bad'