Verzeih mir [English translation]

Please don't hate me when you're watching me from up above

If I could, I'd pull you down to me with all my love

I often think of you, of whether I was right back then

But please don't think this means I didn't care about you then

I had a lot of problems, was far too young to see

I'm asking you with all my heart if you could pardon me

With every verse I'm crying, the pain couldn't be worse

The doctors then were telling me that you'd end up impaired

Seventeen years were not enough to make such a decision

And half my folks were telling me to go with the abortion

There was so much confusion, Mama was in so much fear

I was so immature, I hope you can forgive me here

Sometimes I try to picture, wonder how you might have looked

And then I ask myself why I ever gave up on you

Don't think that all this was an easy weight for me to stock

You were in my womb, how would I've loved to see you walk

This is for you, my angel, can you forgive me?

I hope that you can, when I write you that I'm sorry

Please don't think there was no grief, up there when you dart

Because ever since I've left you, I lack part of my heart

This is your song, and I hope it keeps you warm

I would hold you, if I could, every night in my arms

I turn it up, can you hear me, this is my apology

This song's for you, I ask you, can you ever pardon me?

I couldn't sleep for weeks, I would always lie awake

I was diseased, was benumbed, didn't know if I could take

What I had chosen, or if I'd made everything worse

But I was still a child myself, how could I've ever nursed

You; I wasn't prepared to take responsibility

I wasn't sure if we'd have made it through a stormy week

Please don't condemn me, I didn't have a choice

I wish that this were just a dream and I could hear your voice

See you sitting up there on a teensy-weensy cloud

I want to tell you, I never wanted to hurt you, so loud

And in the end all I wanted was the best for you

But I still wonder, what if I'd have pulled you through

You are my angel, somewhere in this cosmic plane

All that's left for me is hope that one day we'll meet again

Then I will take you in my arms like a Mum

Give you a hundred thousand kisses and tell you, yes, I have come

This is for you, my angel, can you forgive me?

I hope that you can, when I write you that I'm sorry

Please don't think there was no grief, up there when you dart

Because ever since I've left you, I lack part of my heart

This is your song, and I hope it keeps you warm

I would hold you, if I could, every night in my arms

I turn it up, can you hear me, this is my apology

This song's for you, I ask you, can you ever pardon me?

I'm sitting here all alone

Wondering if you'd forgive me

But now...

This is for you, my angel, can you forgive me?

I hope that you can, when I write you that I'm sorry

Please don't think there was no grief, up there when you dart

Because ever since I've left you, I lack part of my heart

This is your song, and I hope it keeps you warm

I would hold you, if I could, every night in my arms

I turn it up, can you hear me, this is my apology

This song's for you, I ask you, can you ever pardon me?