Wir müssen gewinnen [English translation]

The curtain is going down, the light is illuminating the stage.

The big game is putting on a display of great splendor,

Fires are kindled and adventures thought up.

This is not a matter of life and death, there's more at stake,

We have to win, everything different is primary.

This is not a matter of life and death, there's more at stake,

We have to win, everything different is primary.

The chance of one's life, the very big moment is there.

Everyone is holding one's breath.

Hero or nobody, almost without delay

Does one know more, unforgotten or eternally (lagging) behind.

This is not a matter of...

Playing passionately, it's not enough to give everything.

Devotion, almost self-abandon, what matters is the moment now,

There's no way back, 'cause who's scared is going to lose.

This is not a matter of...