Lass uns leben – Bilingual Lyrics German/English

• By: Westernhagen
• Album: 1989

Lyrics & Translation

[German]

[English]

Sie reden wieder mal vom Krieg

They're talking about war again

Träumen wieder mal vom Sieg

Dreaming of victory again

Schwärmen von vergangener Zeit

Raving about times gone by

Was soll's, ich lebe

Whatever, I'm alive

Rock'n'roll stirbt wieder mal

Rock'n'roll is dying again

Wir sind wieder hart wie Stahl

We're hard as steel again

Die Familie ist gesund

The family is healthy

Was soll's, ich lebe

Whatever, I'm alive

Ja, ich lebe

Yes, I'm alive

Und ich lebe, immer mehr

And I'm alive, more and more

Was soll's, ich lebe, ja ich lebe

Whatever, I'm alive, yes I'm alive

Das Leben ist gar nicht so schwer

Life isn't that hard at all

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Und jetzt hab ich dich getroffen

And now I've met you

Du bist drin in meinem Kopf

You're stuck in my head

Ich hab mich heut Nacht besoffen

I got drunk tonight

Weil ich dich liebe

Because I love you

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Weil ich dich liebe

Because I love you

Weil ich dich liebe, immer mehr

Because I love you, more and more

Weil ich dich liebe, weil ich dich liebe

Because I love you, because I love you

Zu lieben ist gar nicht so schwer

To love is not that hard at all

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Bitte, sei doch nicht gekränkt

Please, don't be offended

Daß ich mir nicht mein Hirn verrenk

That I don't rack my brains

Was nun morgen wird aus uns

About what will become of us tomorrow

Komm, lass uns leben

Come on, let us live

Komm, lass uns leben

Come on, let us live

Komm, lass uns leben, immer mehr

Come on, let us live, more and more

Komm, lass uns leben, lass uns leben

Come on, let us live, let us live

Das Leben ist gar nicht so schwer

Life isn't that hard at all

Komm, lass uns lieben, lass uns lieben

Come on, let us love, let us love

Lass uns lieben, immer mehr

Let us love, more and more

Komm, lass uns lieben, lass uns lieben

Come on, let us love, let us love

Zu lieben ist gar nicht so schwer

To love is not that hard at all

Lass uns leben ...

Let us live ...

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
reden /ˈreːdn̩/ A1	verb - to speak, to talk
Krieg /kʁiːk/ A2	noun - war
träumen /ˈtʁɔɪ̯mən/ A2	verb - to dream
Sieg /ziːk/ B1	noun - victory
schwärmen /ˈʃvɛʁmən/ B2	verb - to rave, to be enthusiastic
vergangen /fɛɐ̯ˈɡaŋən/ B1	adjective - past, bygone
leben /ˈleːbn̩/ A1	verb - to live noun - life
sterben /ˈʃtɛʁbn̩/ A2	verb - to die
hart /haʁt/ A2	adjective - hard
Stahl /ʃtaːl/ B1	noun - steel
Familie /faˈmiːli̯ə/ A1	noun - family
gesund /ɡəˈzʊnt/ A1	adjective - healthy
treffen /ˈtʁɛfn̩/ A2	verb - to meet
Kopf /kɔpf/ A1	noun - head
liebe /ˈliːbə/ A1	verb - to love noun - love
gekränkt /ɡəˈkʁɛŋkt/ B2	adjective - offended
Hirn /hɪʁn/ B1	noun - brain
verrenken /fɛɐ̯ˈʁɛŋkən/ C1	verb - to strain, to dislocate (figuratively, to rack one's brains)

Key Grammar Structures

• Sie reden wieder mal vom Krieg

  ➔ Preposition 'vom' (von + dem) indicating the topic of discussion.

  ➔ The use of 'vom' concisely combines 'von' (about/of) and 'dem' (the), showing they are talking about the war. It is a contraction, and mastering these are important for understanding spoken and written German.

• Was soll's, ich lebe

  ➔ Idiomatic expression "Was soll's?" - meaning "What's the point? / So what? / Never mind."

  ➔ This phrase expresses indifference or resignation towards the previous statements. The structure is important for conveying attitude and understanding common colloquialisms.

• Und jetzt hab ich dich getroffen

  ➔ Perfect tense 'habe getroffen' - indicates a completed action in the past with relevance to the present.

  ➔ The perfect tense is formed with 'haben' (to have) as the auxiliary verb and the past participle 'getroffen' (met). This is commonly used to describe recent events or experiences. The order is also important to note, 'dich' (you) is the accusative pronoun

• Weil ich dich liebe

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction 'weil' introducing a clause of reason (because). Accusative pronoun 'dich'.

  ➔ 'Weil' is a key conjunction in German to provide explanations. The word order in the subordinate clause is verb-last. "dich" is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of the verb "liebe".

• Daß ich mir nicht mein Hirn verrenk

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction 'daß' introducing a noun clause. Reflexive verb 'sich verrenken'. Dative pronoun 'mir'.

  ➔ 'Daß' introduces the reason *why* he doesn't want her to be offended. 'Sich verrenken' means 'to rack one's brain', and is used reflexively. 'Mir' is the dative pronoun here, which means 'to myself', indicating that the action of racking his brain is done *to* himself. The verb is also at the end due to 'daß'.

• Was nun morgen wird aus uns

  ➔ Interrogative pronoun 'was' introducing an indirect question. Word order change in the dependent clause. Future tense implied.

  ➔ Here, 'was' is used as 'what' in the context of 'what will become of us'. The word order 'wird aus uns' is typical of a subordinate clause, where the verb is usually at the end but is here because of the modal verb 'wird'. The sentence is asking what will happen to them in the future, even though no explicit future auxiliary verb is used, the context implies a future possibility