Komm, gieß mein Glas noch einmal ein English translation
von Reinhard Mey

Come, pour my glass again
With that cheap red wine
In it, that time is still alive
Today I drink to my friends
With this glass I think back
To you, with whom I walked a part
On my way
With this glass I drink in mind
To the south, east, west and north
And find you there in my thoughts
Wherever you are at home
See the faces after the time
Passing by in my glass
Blurry photographs
Strung together in a confusing way
And a few names come to mind
And a few names come to mind
Come, pour my glass again
With that cheap red wine
In it, that time is still alive


Today I drink to my friends
Karl, who did not think himself too good
Who, when things were going badly for me
Breaked many a lance for me
To Klaus, who talked a lot about decency
And who later actually
The best pipe stole
My roommate at Mrs. Pohl’s
Who, after drinking alcohol,
Found my room unbearable
And smashed everything to pieces without further ado
That’s how he practiced back then
For his world revolution
For his world revolution
Come, pour my glass again
With that cheap red wine
That time is still alive in it
Today I’m drinking after my friends
The always drunk Balthasar
Who, whenever he was broke
Got his credit from me
And when I overextended myself
Then Franz always paid for me
Until Balthasar paid off the debt
Volker and Georg, who with me
Brotherly shared schnapps and beer
They were sailing around full of rum at the time
On some boat
On some ocean
And spinning new sailor’s yarn
And spinning new sailor’s yarn
Come, pour my glass again
With that cheap red wine
That time is still alive in it awake
Today I'm drinking after my friends

If I confuse you, I've forgotten you
Is my memory failing me?
A lot of things happened so long ago
I don't know all the names anymore
But I still know the faces
And I still remember
And I don't devote any less space to you
We hardly wrote to each other
Because nobody actually left
In a gesture, a word
In some saying
Are you alive in my presence
Are you alive in my presence

Come, pour my glass again
With that cheap red wine
In it, that time is still alive
Today I'm drinking after my friends