Lass uns leben – Bilingual Lyrics German/English

• By: Westernhagen

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

So what, 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

So what, 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

So what, 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 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

Loving isn't 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'm not racking my brains

Was nun morgen wird aus uns

About what will become of us tomorrow

Komm, lass uns leben

Come on, let's live

Komm, lass uns leben

Come on, let's live

Komm, lass uns leben, immer mehr

Come on, let's live, more and more

Komm, lass uns leben, lass uns leben

Come on, let's live, let's 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's love, let's love

Lass uns lieben, immer mehr

Let's love, more and more

Komm, lass uns lieben, lass uns lieben

Come on, let's love, let's love

Zu lieben ist gar nicht so schwer

Loving isn't that hard at all

Lass uns leben ...

Let's live ...

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Krieg /kʁiːk/ B2	noun - war
Sieg /ziːk/ B2	noun - victory
Zeit /tsaɪt/ A2	noun - time
Leben /ˈleːbən/ A2	noun - life
leben /ˈleːbən/ A2	verb - to live
stirbt /ˈʃtɪpt/ B2	verb - dies
hart /haʁt/ B1	adjective - hard, tough
Stahl /ʃtaːl/ B2	noun - steel
gesund /ɡəˈzʊnt/ A2	adjective - healthy
Liebe /ˈliːbə/ A2	noun - love
lieben /ˈliːbən/ A2	verb - to love
schwer /ʃveːʁ/ B1	adjective - difficult, heavy
Komm /kɔm/ A1	verb - come
Lass /las/ A1	verb - let

Key Grammar Structures

• Sie reden wieder mal vom Krieg

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase 'vom Krieg' (von + dem)

  ➔ Uses 'vom' (von + dem) which is a contraction of the preposition 'von' (of/from) and the definite article 'dem' (dative masculine/neuter). It indicates 'about the war' or 'of the war'. The word "Krieg" takes a dative form.

• Was soll's, ich lebe

  ➔ Idiomatic use of 'Was soll's'

  ➔ 'Was soll's' is an idiomatic expression meaning 'So what?', 'What does it matter?', or 'Never mind'. It expresses indifference or resignation.

• Wir sind wieder hart wie Stahl

  ➔ Comparison using 'wie'

  ➔ 'wie' is used to make a comparison, similar to 'like' or 'as' in English. Here, it compares the group's resilience to the hardness of steel: 'We are hard like steel'.

• Und jetzt hab ich dich getroffen

  ➔ Perfect Tense ('hab' + past participle 'getroffen')

  ➔ Uses the perfect tense (Perfekt) to indicate that the action of meeting happened in the past and has relevance to the present. 'Ich habe dich getroffen' (I have met you).

• Ich hab mich heut Nacht besoffen

  ➔ Reflexive Verb ('sich besaufen') in Perfect Tense

  ➔ 'sich besaufen' means 'to get drunk'. The 'mich' is the reflexive pronoun indicating the subject (ich) is performing the action on themselves. The sentence is in perfect tense ('hab' + past participle).

• Daß ich mir nicht mein Hirn verrenk

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood ('verrenk') and Reflexive Pronoun ('mir') with a subordinate clause introduced by 'daß'

  ➔ 'daß' introduces a subordinate clause expressing a reason or consequence. 'ich mir nicht mein Hirn verrenk' translates to 'that I don't rack my brains'. 'verrenk' (verrenken) is in subjunctive mood, although here it's not strictly necessary and the indicative 'verrenke' is often used in colloquial speech. 'mir' is the dative reflexive pronoun, showing the action affects the subject's (ich) own brain.