Was fühl ich in mir [What Is This Feeling?] [English translation]

[Galinda:]

Most-heart-beloved Momsy, Sweetest Papsipoo ...

[Elphaba:]

Dear Father ...

[Both:]

In the assignment of rooms

Everything got all messed up.

[Elphaba:]

Don't worry - I'll care for Nessa.

[Galinda:]

Don't worry - I'll stay calm.

[Both:]

I'll behave as expected, as usual.

Yes.

The girl who's sharing the room with

Me now is unfortunately very ...

[Galinda:]

... requiring-of-some-getting-used-to and unprecedentedly strange,

So incredibly indescribable and odd.

[Elphaba:]

.. blond.

[Galinda:]

What do I feel within me?

What hits me so deep? 1

[Elphaba:]

I've felt it in me,

Since I first saw you.

[Galinda:]

My mouth is dry.

[Elphaba:]

My chin is twitching.

[Galinda:]

I'm faltering.

[Both:]

What do I feel within me?

Do I know what it is

That's eroding my heart?

Yes!

Horror.

Naked, abyssal horror.

[Galinda:]

Your clothes,

[Elphaba:]

Your crowing,

[Galinda:]

Your appearance...

[Both:]

Every look at you causes me pain.

Everything you are - from head to toe -

Makes me feel sick whenever I see you.

Cold horror enthralls me.

My revulsion is fanatic.

You're so unlikeable to me

That I'm terrified of you.

It came over me in a flash,

And I think that, even 'til Judgement Day,

The horror will stay in me,

Horror, which I'll never get rid of.

[Students:]

Oh Galinda, you are much too good.

In your position I'd be blind with rage.

She is dreadful, she is horrid,

We don't want to take a side.

But, Galinda, you're divine!

[Galinda:]

Well .. we're challenged so that we grow.

[Students:]

Ach, Galinda, it is infamous.

The girl who lives with you is insufferable.

In the same room!

What a melodrama!

We feel your...

[Both:]

What do I feel within me?

[Students:]

Horror!

[Both:]

What hits me so deep?

[Students:]

Naked, abyssal horror!

[Both:]

I've felt it in me, since I first saw you...

[Students:]

Your clothes, your crowing, your looking ...

[Both:]

My mouth is dry.

I'm faltering.

[Students:]

Every look at you causes me pain.

[Both:]

Oh, what do I feel within me?

[Students:]

Everything she is - from head to toe ...

[Both:]

Do I know what it is?

[Students:]

Makes us simply sick whenever we see her.

[Both:]

Yes!

Ahh!

[All:]

Loathing!

[Both:]

My loathing is fanatic!

[Students:]

Horror!

[Both:]

You're so unlikeable to me,

[Students:]

Horror!

[Both:]

That I'm terrified of you.

[Students:]

Of you!

[Both:]

It came over me in a flash,

And I think that, even 'til Judgement Day,

The horror will stay in me,

[Students:]

Horror!

[Both:]

The horror will remain eternally.

[Students:]

Horror!

[Both:]

Because you are so horrendous,

[Students:]

Horrendous!

[Students:]

Naked, abyssal horror!

[Elphaba:]

Boo!

[Galinda:]

Ahhh!

1. "Was geht mir so nah?" is really difficult to translate well in one line. It's something like "What is occurring that is hitting me so closely?"