Das Lied Vom Einsamen Mädchen

So who wants to translate this? It's the best song on the CD, and it's in German. That's just great.

So who wants to translate this? It's the best song on the CD, and it's in German. That's just great.

The song is called, "The Song of the Lonely Girl" This is what babblefish could translate, one stanza per line:

It herzte gently their toy before it it broke and a longing had and did not know whereafter

Because it lonely was and so blond their hair and its mouth as red as wine and who drank Konnt from this wine ' never more lucky its

But one spoke I'm spring: Also you feel desire and pain and fallow their thousand roses nevertheless her fallow only its heart

Because it was lonely and so blond their hair and its mouth kiss as red as wine, none in such a way konnt ' and nevertheless so lonely its

Which a song did not remain, anybody sang sank Peter left it to wait two eternities long by their to live

Because it was lonely and so blond their hair and its mouth kiss as red as wine, none in such a way konnt ' and nevertheless so lonely its

It seems like... a little girl with lips as red as wine... could it be that the lonely girl was perhaps molested?

The translation job is terrible. That's just what I got out of the tiny pecies we have. If anyone has a better idea or translation, please share it with us.

I found this translation at: http://smironne.free.fr/NICO/trad.html#madchT

It seems a lot smoother than the lyrics Babelfish vomits out!

Tenderly she cradled her toy Before she smashed it up A longing filled her heart What for, she did not know For she was lonely And her hair so fair And her mouth as red as wine And whoever drank of this wine Could never know happiness again Yet, someone spoke up in springtime: You, too, know pleasure and pain." He brought her a thousand roses Yet she only broke up his heart For she was lonely And her hair so fair And her mouth as red as wine Yes, no one could kiss so And still be so lonely What remained of her life A song which no one sang St. Peter kept her waiting For ages For she was lonely And her hair so fair And her heart as dead as stone He called forth: "Come, poor child, You shall never be lonely again."

A more poetic rather than literal translation (now it rhymes in English)! I kept the flavour of the song and about 85-95% of the lyrics are 'as is':

Song of the Lonely Maiden (Poetic Translation)

Gently she embraced her toy Then smashed it on the floor She was longing for something And didn´t know what for

So alone and fair And so blonde her hair And her lips as red as wine And who so ever drank from them Could never smile again

But someone said to her one spring: “Let me ease your pain for you” A thousand roses he sent her But she broke his heart in two

So alone and fair And so blonde her hair And her lips as red as wine Yes, how could someone kiss like that And live her life of pain?

For the remainder of her life An unsung melody Saint Peter let her live her fate For two eternities

So alone and fair And so blonde her hair And her heart as dead as stone He called to her : “Poor child, come, No more you'll be alone”

It's a shame nobody interpretates the song. So here are some coins.

First what you should know is: The song is from 1952. Written by a german lyricist for the film "Alraune" starring Hildegard Knef who first sang the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJaYArdfQbg

In 1984 Nico covered the song on her album "Camera Obscura".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4peFis8bmgg

I think the song is about a phenomenon we these days call Borderline. "She gently embraced her toy before the smashed it on the floor." (As a german I do think @TwinStripe [http://songmeanings.com/profiles/view/17280444/] s translation is the best of the few me have here.) A problem many victims of Borderliners might know. Without self consciouness Borderliners test the love of others towards theirselfes. (Like other mentally diseased characters do.) They maybe are really gentle to their "toys" and then become harsh to them. Because they need to know if someone loves em. And most of us hopefully know: Love is (like faith) not about knowing, it needs some doubts.

So the only thing we know about the Lonely Maiden is, that she's beautiful: Blonde her hair, red her lips. That makes probably a number of "toys" fall in love with her. She use to break them. Even him who brought her 1000 roses and promised to ease her pain.

Without - as mentioned - self consciousness she is not even sure about her beauty. But men come, she tests em how true their love is and they will break. So she remains lonely. But what you might already have guessed from the beginning of the song: There will be now happy end. And one of the many toys kills her.

We know: St Peter is heaven's doormen (additionally he's the patron of the possessed ;-) ). He let's her wait two eternyties. It's maybe both: Punishment, but also the knowledge that she is not just evil. She is - like her victims - a victim of her life, maybe her parents, her youth. She did not learn self consciousness. So she used to test how true the love of her "toys" is.

And all that is the sadness that you can hear in music and - if you understand - the lyrics.