Ich liebe dich English translation
von Reinhard Mey

I have written countless pages
I have made up stories
I have not failed to answer anyone
I have played the thinker and the clown
I have given out wisdom
And in doing so I have said some foolish things, it seems to me
I have spoken as if my life depended on it
And yet I have only ever meant one thing
I love you
I need you
Trust in you
I rely on you
Didn't want to live without you
I love you
I have tried to speak in ever new images
But now I am running out of time I can no longer describe things in seven different ways
I say it simply and straight out
I just say it and I write
On your mirror, on the wall
On the fogged-up window pane
For which I have invented so many detours
I love you
I need you
Trust in you
I rely on you
Didn't want to live without you
I love you
Sometimes I see the two of us in my thoughts
Standing on a deserted platform
Between us invisible barriers
And one stays, one has to go


Loudspeaker voices and doors slam
And waves from the approaching train
I want to say it over and over again
And yet I never tell you enough

I love you
I need you
Trust in you
I rely on you
Didn't want to live without you
I love you