Some Translations I Have Made

Here are some of the translations that I have done. They're song translations and the original songs are either in German or in French. I did this one from a very old German song and I needed only one day for it. It�s been the first translation I�ve ever done and I was really surprised about myself! I liked this song so much when I heard it. And so I thought it must be even more wonderful to sing it in English!

You are a part of me (Spring 1995)

You alone are a part of me and you're on my mind. But you make me feel
lonely. You don't know I treat you kind. Oh, my darling, you don't know I treat you kind. Oh, my darling, you don't know I treat you kind.

I am really in love with you, so, please, love me too. All my precious
emotions I feel them only for you. Oh, my darling, I feel them only for you. Oh, my darling, I feel them only for you.

But may I really trust you, you and your foolish mind? You can reach out to
me because you know I treat you kind. Oh, my darling, because you know I treat you kind. Oh, my darling, because yu know I treat you kind.

And if someday so far away you'll get to see me I would like to be with you
until eternity. Oh, my darling, until eternity. Oh, my darling, until eternity.

The next one is a French song from a singer who died already in the sixties and I
thought that song would also be sweet to translate and sing for me as a female
singer.

How do you feel (summer 1995)

Baby, it is just me. Baby, how do you feel? The time seemed so very long.
Far away from home, I still thought of you.

I've been a rolling stone for too long. And now I just don't feel strong.
Make me a cup of tea. I've got to tell you just one story. Once upon a time there was a girl. A girl you should know very well. She's gone so far away.
She was getting lost. She came back to stay.

Baby, it is just me. Baby, how do you feel? The time seemed so very long.
Far away from home, I still thought of you.

You know I've changed very much. And I have had some ideas. About us, about
me and you. Crazy ideas, I was crazy too. You don't have anything to tell me. I'm only one memory. Maybe just not that bad. But there's just one
thing I should not have said.

Baby, it is just me. Baby, how do you feel? The time seemed so very long.
Far away from home, I still thought of you.

The following pieces are originally by a German school band. They�re called Fantasia
and were founded about 3 years ago at a school for the visually impaired in northern Germany. I bought their CD and all I can say is that their music is absolutely fantastic. And it�s really more than a crying shame that they had to separate. In order to show them my tribute and how much I appreciate their work, I�ll publish my English translations of some of their German songs here.

the crying song
written on November 7 2000

I am here and you are there. Why did you leave me here in nowhere? I am here.
Where did you go? Oh baby baby I miss you so.

And everything I have is a memory of you and I�m waiting for the returning of you. Oh
baby baby darling I miss you so. Now honey darling tell me where did you go?

the love letters you always wrote to me and for all those times you stood by me. Do you remember when we were in that restaurant? And suddenly you just took my hand. Oh baby baby I miss you so. Believe me when I say I love you so. Why did you
go away from me? It was just the beginning of you and me.

And everything I have is a memory of you and I�m waiting for the returning of you. Oh
baby baby darling I miss you so. Now honey darling tell me where did you go?

the email
written on the 27th of January 2001

I�m sitting here and I�m waiting for you to write me. Tell me can�t you find your e-mail
directory? Is it just so difficult to write me a little letter? Don�t you know it�s up to you to make me feel better?

You are my one and my only, the one and only I know. You are my one and my only,
hey babe I miss you so. You are my one and my only, the one and only I know. You are my one and my only, and this you�ve got to know. You are my one and my only, hey babe I love you so.

Time is strolling by and I�m always thinking of you. If you only knew that I�ve got so
much to give you. Why don�t you write an e-mail when I desperately need it?Don�t say you are afraid that I wouldn�t read it!

Suddenly I find myself going to my machine. I�m opening up the programme and I
can�t believe that�s me. I enter your address and I know what I will say. I�m trembeling inside just to tell you right away:

The greatest cheat of the world
Written on the 23^rd of march 2001

You're so nice and incredibly sweet but all you think is I
want someone to cheat. You said you�d love me and you'd be true and I didn�t even know I was used by you.

Baby, I just don�t understand why hurting me was all you ever
planned. I�ve never been in love like this before but all you say is "I don't care any more".

You gave me everything that I�ve never known and made me
believe that I�m the only one. One day later you threw me off your home and now I�m standing all alone.

Baby, I just don�t understand why hurting me was all you ever
planned. I�ve never been in love like this before but all you say is "I don't care any more".

You asked me "do you wanna make love to me" and I said "baby
love, I do". Then you entitled me as a heartbreaker and all the people in the neighbourhood knew.

Baby, I just don�t understand why hurting me was all you ever
planned. I�ve never been in love like this before but all you say is "I don't care any more".

I want you so
written on the second of July 2001

The night is painting shadows on the wall. Why am I still loving you at all? I want to
know the reason why. Why do you want to see me cry?

O babe I want you so. Why don�t you want to know? O babe I love you so. But I know
you don�t want to know. I think of you every night and day. Tell me why, tell me why do I feel this way?

Memories are all I have of you. But when I wake up I am not with you. I ask myself
where will you be? Do you tell the others what you once said to me?

O babe I want you so. Why don�t you want to know? O babe I love you so. But I know
you don�t want to know. I think of you every night and day. Tell me why, tell me why do I feel this way?

I wanna know what you do and with whom and where have you gone? Outside the
next day starts to dawn. I�ve been thinking about you every minute of the night. Oh babe can you tell me why does it make you feel satisfied?

O babe I want you so. Why don�t you want to know? O babe I love you so. But I know
you don�t want to know. I think of you every night and day. Tell me why, tell me why do I feel this way?

The next 3 songs are originally all written by one blind German girl I correspond with. She did the first one about her family but I decided to do the translation about something else. Since the middle of January 2002, I am teaching a blind guy how to
use the computer via internet. I met him, yes you�ve guessed it, on the internet! I enjoy teaching him very much and I know he enjoys to be tought by me, too. It�s a real challenge because sometimes I have trouble with my English vocabulary. But it�s really funny at the same time because we always seem to find our way. Anyway, I did the song about him because I think that he is a great student and some blind people I used to go to school with should really take an example from him and his attitude! The second one was done in German about rock music but I don�t really care about that. So I decided to make a song about Celine Dion�s music out of it. The third song is really translated, it's also a lovesong in German.

My cyberstudent
Written on June 14 2002

When I get home from work, I start up my machine. I got an email from you, you ask
me how I�ve been. Then you�re paging me and ask if I care to chat. I tell you, I�d
rather do nothing but that.

My cyberstudent, I wish you success in everything you do. My cyberstudent, I know
your attitude will always see you through.

You say you had some trouble, some programme crashed on you. You ask me if
there�s anything that I can do. I tell you babe, I�m sorry. No idea which way to go. But
there is just one thing you oughtta know.

My cyberstudent, I wish you success in everything you do. My cyberstudent, I know
your attitude will always see you through.

We chat on for some hours and it�s getting late. I must go to work next morning so
I�ve got to terminate. As I lay in bed and other thoughts are hard to find, these words
keep reflecting in my mind.

My cyberstudent, I wish you success in everything you do. My cyberstudent, I know
your attitude will always see you through.

Just listen to Celine dion
Written on June 16 2002

When you come to work too late because you�ve been up too long before. And your boss and your colleagues are talking about you. Then you come home so late and you slam your door too loud. And the others tell you what you should and shouldn�t do. When you don�t know at all who you are and what you�ll be. Listen, I know one thing that makes you free.

Just listen to Celine dion and I know your heart will go on. Don�t think what they say
is true. Don�t let them talk down to you. Just listen to Celine Dion and your trouble will be gone. I often did it that way and it has functioned any day.

When you have no idea what you should or shouldn�t say. For your lost your job and feel bankrupt and lonely. So you start up your computer and log onto the net and you see for your cyber lover you�re not the only. If you don�t know at all whom to trust and what to be. Do it just like me and get out that CD.

So damn alone
Written on June 15 2002

Babe, tell me what do you think you are. Babe, don�t you think this thing has already
gone to far? Babe, You just come into my life and give yourself access to my heart. Babe, What do you really want to be? Babe, tell me how can I let this happen to me? Babe, just slam into my life and take away nothing but my heart. This damn old heart.

But anyway, I love the way it�s meant to be. Anyway, I must admit that you are too
important to me. And I tell you I don�t ever wanna lose you. I just wouldn�t know how to go on. Because without you I�m simply feeling so damn alone. So damn alone.

Babe, You�ve given me so much strength. Babe, that if I fall down it is able to rebuild
me again. Babe. You�ve given me your time, so much confidence and so much happiness. Babe, you give me all your courage and much more. Babe, I think I never
felt so fantastic before. Babe, this is serious because never in a lifetime I�d want to go back, don�t want to go back.

The last piece is also a translation from German to English that the same girl has done. But the original song is Czech and I thought it might be challenging to translate from another translation. I sent this to my penfriend in the Czech Republic and she confirmed that I managed it very well.

We stay cold
Written on June 22 2002

Somehow all the love is dying but we seem to play the game. We stay cold. Relations
to save us from crying. And every day is just the same. We stay cold.

Tell me, how can we let it happen? We argue until one will fall. We fail to understand
each other and we don�t notice that at all.

Power and money are important. Love�s a secondary thing. We stay cold. When will
we start to ask each other about this road we are walking. But we stay cold.

Tell me, how can we let it happen? We argue until one will fall. We fail to understand
each other and we don�t notice that at all.