Marleen (Ein halbes Leben später) English translation
von Marianne Rosenberg

Marleen
One of us had to go
Marleen
And the one who left was me, Marleen

I didn’t want to see another man, never feel foreign lips again (aha)
To be in love, do you know how much it hurts?
What you coldly took from me with him is more than you can imagine (aha)
Feelings were like blown away by the wind
Marleen

Marleen
One of us had to go
Marleen
And the one who left was me, Marleen
Marleen
One of us had to go


Time passed, the train of life carried me to nowhere (aha)
I felt empty and so abandoned
Until the day someone said to me softly "Hello" (aha)
And there stood the man I had lost
Marleen

Marleen
One of us had to go
Marleen
And the one who left was me, Marleen

The second chance, the same man
We remained silent and only looked at each other
There are no words to describe it
And with the same man, mmh-mmh
A new love began, mmh-mmh

I almost have to be grateful to you
And you, Marleen, are you alone?

Marleen
One of us had to go
Marleen
So much has happened since then
Marleen
So much has happened (one of us had to go)

Marleen
(So much has happened since then)