Gute Nacht, Freunde [English translation]

Good night my friends,

it is time for me to go,

what I have to say will take a cigarette

and one last glass while I'm standing.

Thank you for the day and the night under your roof

for the seat at your table

for every glass that I drank

for the plate that you added to your own

as if nothing is more natural in the world.

Good night my friends,

it is time for me to go,

what I have to say will take a cigarette

and one last glass while I'm standing.

Thank you for the time that we chatted away

and for your patience when there was more than one opinion,

for that you never ask when I come when I go

for the always open door where I stand now.

Good night my friends,

it is time for me to go,

what I have to say will take a cigarette

and one last glass while I'm standing.

For the freedom who is a permanent guest of you,

thanks, that you never ask what's in it, is it worth it.

May be it is due to the fact that from outside

the light in your windows seem to shine brighter.

• Artist:Reinhard Mey