Winterträne [English translation]

We stood cold in the winter rain

Icily it beaded from our faces.

Our lips wanted to speak,

but the words didn't come.

Silently a winter tear seeks

a path over your wet dress.

My eyes follow it.

I know it's time.

[Refrain]

Our eyes saw no light,

only darkness

that sprouted slowly in our hearts

and could forgive nothing.

It1 becomes caught on the hem of your coat

and resists falling.

I saw how time passed us by

and separated what bound.

A hesitation yet, then the fall comes.

I seek your hands.

The tear falls onto the asphalt.

Oh, if only I could find it!

[Refrain]

Our eyes saw no light,

only darkness

that sprouted slowly in our hearts

and could forgive nothing.

Now the winter freezes our hope,

standing before one another,

and only a cold drop of rain

will bear witness to our farewell.

Perhaps it1 seeks the rainbow.

It runs along the path,

and is gently absorbed by it,

somewhere else sometime.

[Refrain]

Our eyes saw no light,

only darkness

that sprouted slowly in our hearts

and could forgive nothing.

Now the winter freezes our hope,

standing before one another,

and only a cold drop of rain

will bear witness to our last farewell.

And only a cold drop of rain

will bear witness to our last farewell.

1. a. b. Refers back to the tear.