I’m just sitting on our terrace with my fiancee. We’re listening to songs, when suddenly one of my favorite lovesongs plays. I look at her and just start weeping buckets.
It’s a German song, but I’ve got you an English translation.
A room full of moonlight, full of light
That reflects and breaks on you tonight
Touches my eyes and pierces through
Until this moon sinks out of view
You hold your hands before your face
For such long looks, you give no grace
But what I see, I must confess
Even without my eyes, I guess
You are so beautiful,
You are so beautiful.
A room full of night, with sleeping you,
And I lie awake, watching you too
A shell of human, full of life and death,
Just a moment that soon draws breath
I feel it burning on my tongue,
And I like to call things by name for long
So I wake you up, turn on the light
To tell you this face to face tonight
You are so beautiful,
You are so beautiful.
A room full of sky with stars so bright
That take the dark out of the night
Your blinking eyes disdain the light,
I can read it in your face so slight
You tell me not to look, I ask why
Your answer is wordless, you just sigh
And I will bear it, to forego the sight
But I just love to look so right
You are so beautiful,
You are so beautiful.
First, more word wise translation
A room full of moonlight, full of light
That reflects and breaks on you,
Touches and penetrates my eyes
Until this moon sinks again.
You hold your hands over your face,
For such long gazes you don’t allow me.
But what I behold here, I must confess,
I can see even without my eyes.
You are so beautiful,
You are so beautiful.
A room full of night, full of sleeping you,
And I lie here awake, watching the sleeper.
A shell full of human, full of life and death,
Just a moment that also threatens an end.
I feel it burning on the tip of my tongue,
And I like to call things by their names.
So I wake you up, I turn on the light for this,
So I can tell you personally.
You are so beautiful,
You are so beautiful.
A room full of sky with artificial stars
That remove the darkness under the night.
Your blinking eyes disdain the light,
I can read it in your face.
You tell me not to look, I ask you why,
Your answer is wordless, you just turn away.
And I will bear it, to forego the sight,
But I just love to look so much.
You are so beautiful,
You are so beautiful.
But as the Italiens say: Traditore - Trahitore
Translator - Traitor
The text looses much with this fast translation.
Edit 2
This second translation is much better.