Juliane Werding - Unsichtbar

Hello to all

I know this probably isn't perfect but it's close enough to bring tears to my eyes. It made me think of my wife. She passed on a few years ago.

Posted for corrections.
Here is a link if you want to listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBTfGKLEjMw

Juliane Werding - Unsichtbar
invisible/unseen


Ich wirble vor dir die Blätter vom Baum
Ich fasse dich an, doch du merkst es gar nicht
Und treib ich dir den Schnee ins Gesicht
Drehst du den Kopf weg und schaust fast ärgerlich
Hast du denn alles, was war, schon vergessen
Mich vergessen

I swirl in front of you the leaves from the tree
I touch you, but you don’t notice at all
and I blow snow in your face
You turn your head away and look almost angry
Have you forgotten everything that was?
(Have you already)forgotten me?


Unsichtbar bin ich immer noch da neben dir
Kannst du mich nicht spüren
Ich weh für dich und ich veregeh für dich
Bin der Wind
Und ich sing für dich im Sturm
Kannst du mich denn gar nicht hörn

I am invisible always right here beside you
Can you not sense me?
I blow for you and I pine away/wither for you
(I) am the wind
and I sing for you in the storm
Can you not hear me at all?

Kommt es dir nicht mitunter merkwürdig vor
Wo du auch stehst, weicht der Regen vor dir
Manchmal lauschst du und blickst suchend zurück
Und dann denk ich, du fühlst auch noch mal das Glück, das wir beide hatten
So lange hatten
Ich bin bei dir

Does it not seem strange to you from time to time
where you are standing, the rain before you yields/parts?
Sometimes you listen and look back searchingly
And then I think, you also still feel the happiness that we both had
Had for so long
I am with you

Unsichtbar bin ich immer noch da neben dir
Kannst du mich nicht spüren
Ich weh für dich und ich vergeh für dich
Neben dir
Und ich rufe dich im Sturm

I am invisible always right here beside you
Can you not sense me?
I blow for you and I pine away/wither for you
Beside you
And I call to you in the storm

Nichts bleibt für immer, wie es war
Ich bin jetzt so anders
Doch ich versprach dir, ich bin da
Für immer da

Nothing remains always, like it was
I am so different now
but I promised you, I am here
Forever here

Unsichtbar bin ich immer noch da neben dir
Kannst du mich nicht spüren
Ich weh für dich und ich vergeh für dich
Neben dir
Ich will dich berühren

I am invisible always right here beside you
Can you not sense me?
I blow for you and I pine away/wither for you
Beside you
I want to touch you

Ich umarme dich und ich warne dich vor Gefahr
Fühlst du meinen Atem
Ich wiege dich und ich Liebe dich unsichtbar
Ich werd auf dich warten

I embrace you and I warn you of danger
Do you feel my breath?
I cradle you and I love you unseen/invisibly
I will wait for you

(1) As I understand it if the verb begins the sentence it is a question. Is this always true? It doesn't seem to be. If someone could set me straight on this I would appreciate it.

No, not always. But in a lot of these cases that's true

(2) The word "veregeh". The references to it that I could find mostly refer to time"flying" or "passing". I used "go". I realize it is probably not right. Any guidance on this will be much appreciated.

Do you mean "vergehen"? That's like: to pass away, wither (often used in combination with plants) or go by, so we must have a look at the line you used it in - it might be right to use go!

Ich wirble vor dir die Blätter vom Baum
Ich fasse dich an, doch du merkst es gar nicht
Und treib ich dir den Schnee ins Gesicht
Drehst du den Kopf weg und schaust fast ärgerlich
Here's one of the cases where the (second) line starts with a verb, but this is not a question, you have to see these two lines together as one sentence.

Hast du denn alles, was war, schon vergessen
Mich vergessen
You have because of everything, that was, forgotten already
Forgotten me
That is indeed a question!
"Have already forgotten everything that was
(Have you already) Forgotten me"

Ich weh für dich und ich veregeh für dich
I hurt for you and I go for you
Hmmm ... yes, it's OK I think.

Kannst du mich denn gar nicht hörn
because you can not hear me at all
Can't you hear me at all?

Ich weh für dich und ich veregeh für dich
I hurt for you and I go for you
Oh, there's another small mistake in this line!
The first verb ist not "weh tun" (because there would be something missing here for that), but "wehen", to blow! To follow the image of blowing something, I'd take wither here for "vergehen".

Fühlst du meinen Atem
You feel my breath
Do you feel my breath

Ich werd auf dich warten
I will wait for you/look after you
Wait for you!

@ Ich weh für dich und ich veregeh für dich
I hurt for you and I go for you

In german “vergehen” can be used for abstract nouns (mostly nouns, which describe a period in time or the time itself) or for persons. In the case of abstract nouns passing or fly is ok I think

The time/day/hour/… is passing – die Zeit/(der)Tag/Stunde/… vergeht
The day of work flies – der Arbeitstag vergeht (wie im Flug)
Her beauty is passing away/vanish – Ihre Schönheit vergeht

In the case of plants „vergehen“ is used in a poetic way. I would prefer the word “verwelken”.
The flower is pining/passing away – Die Blume verwelkt/vergeht (poetic)

In the examples “vergehen” describes a process in time. In case of the plants “verwelken” means a process in time, too. But it includes although the negative consequences of this process like to dry out and in the end to die. It can used on persons, too e.g.
She pines away - Sie vergeht or Sie verwelkt (alternative: Sie welkt dahin). In the context I would mean that she describes such a process with the negative consequences because she was in love, now he is gone and so she is lovelorn. So I would use pine away instead of go.

Ich weh für dich und ich vergeh für dich
I suffer for you and I pine away for you

For “pine away” my inet-dictonary shows me two options “verwelken” and “sich verzehren”. If you want to know it the difference “verwelken” has a reference to the look of the person or plant. “sich verzehren” set a reference on the feelings (the “inner look”) of the person. (It can´t be used on plants, because you can´t know the feelings of a plant while it is pining away)

Attention: “sich verzehren” is here a reflexive verb. Reflexive simply means that the pronoun refers back to the subject of the sentence. If you use a verb in a reflexive form it could change the meaning.

Ich verzehre dich – I eat you
Ich verzehre mich für dich – I pine away for you
Ich vergeh(e) für dich - I pine away for you
Ich vergehe mich an dir - I ***** you

I hope it was a little bit helpful.

Steena & Tanis
Hello to you both

I thought they should be phrased as questions but wasn't sure because of no question marks. Regarding the other words I was confused about, many thanks to you both for your efforts to educate me. This song as I said touched my heart and I wanted it to be correct. Now it is


vielen vielen Dank, Macbard