My heart and my mind
is so full of Vienna
for Vienna as it weeps, as it laughs
that's where I know my way, that's where I'm at home
at day and at night
and no one is untouched
be he young, be he old
who knows Vienna as it really is.
Would I have to leave
this beautiful place
my yearning would never end.
Refrain:
Then I would hear an imaginary, faraway song,
that sounds and sings, that entices and draws me.
Vienna, Vienna you alone
will always be the city of my dreams,
there, where the cute old houses are,
there, where the lovely girls walk.
Vienna, Vienna you alone
will always be the city of my dreams
there, where I am happy and delirious
is Vienna, is Vienna, my Vienna.
Whether I want it or not -
I only hope it comes late -,
once I will have to leave this world.
I will have part
from love and wine,
as, whatever you gain, you loose.
But, it will be quite o. k.
I won't have to go far,
I will fly right into heaven.
Where I will sit,
and watch Vienna from above,
and see the St. Stephan' s church greeting me.