Allein, in einer großen Stadt [English translation]

You live in a big city

And yet you are so alone.

The man, after whom you yearn,

Does not seem to be there yet

You do not know him - and yet you know him well

And you are afraid that he will pass

And seek him among others—anyway there is his wife

Until you suddenly face him

And you know nothing, what you should say

And you find everything so banal.

And yet before you liked to talk so big,

And now you stutter all of a sudden

Everything you have planned

To tell him immediately

You forget smoothly, for his gaze says

That he has understood it a long time.

You now have everything you want,

You can be happy

The great city is suddenly silent,

You live for him alone.

You think of nothing - this time is so beautiful.

You are only afraid that it will pass

And think it all quietly, secretly at the first fight,

Until you suddenly face him.

And you know nothing, what you should say

And you find everything so banal.

And yet before he liked talk so big,

And now he shouts all of a sudden.

And you keep quiet and feel really, now it is the end

And it is worth not even a word to say.

Now it is finished,

A world crashes ...

Once again you are so alone.

• Artist:Marlene Dietrich