without you-mariah carey

hey guys,can i have the translation to german of this song of Maraiah please???


No I can't forget this evening
Or your face as you were leaving
But I guess that's just the way
The story goes

You always smile but in your eyes
Your sorrow shows
Yes it shows

No I can't forget tomorrow
When I think of all my sorrow
When I had you there
But then I let you go
And now it's only fair
That I should let you know
What you should know

I can't live
If living is without you
I can't live
I can't give anymore
I can't live
If living is without you
I can't give
I can't give anymore

Without you - Mariah Carey
Ohne dich

No I can't forget this evening
Or your face as you were leaving
But I guess that's just the way
The story goes

Nein, ich kann diesen Abend nicht vergessen
Oder dein Gesicht, als du gingst
Aber ich glaube, das ist genau so
Wie es sein muss

You always smile but in your eyes
Your sorrow shows
Yes it shows

Du lächelst immer, aber in deinen Augen
Schimmert die Sorge
Ja, das sieht man

No I can't forget tomorrow
When I think of all my sorrow
When I had you there
But then I let you go
And now it's only fair
That I should let you know
What you should know

Nein, ich kann die Zukunft nicht vergessen
Wenn ich an all meine Sorgen denke
Wenn ich dich bei mir haben könnte
Aber dann ließ ich dich gehen
Und jetzt ist es nur fair
Dass ich dich wissen lasse
Was du wissen solltest

I can't live
If living is without you
I can't live
I can't give anymore
I can't live
If living is without you
I can't give
I can't give anymore

Ich kann nicht leben
Wenn das hieße, ohne dich zu leben
Ich kann nicht leben
Ich kann nicht mehr weitermachen
Ich kann nicht leben ...

wooooow,thanks a lot steena,that was so helpful,i learn more vocabulary from your translations,viel danke !!

Oh but be careful, it's not always translated 100% literal But feel free to ask questions if something seems strange to you or you want to have one phrase translated more literal than we did.

Hi Larosa,
maybe you ike to know that "Harry Nillson" made this song popular in the 70ies and the band BADFINGER were the 1st one to sing it.

yeah i know dear Steena ,that's what i noticed to,thanks for your offer,i'll be less ashmed to bother you with my question

@tahira:yeah i know that this song doesn't originally belong to mariah ,but i like her version a lot!!!

If you want, I can give you a literal translation, but it won't make as much sense as the one given by Steena. It'll give you an idea of the differences between German grammar and English grammar.

Wenn du willst, ich kann dir geben ein genau translation, doch es wird nicht soviel Sinn machen als die translation vergeben von Steena. Es werde dir geben eine Idee der Gegensätze zwischen Deutschgrammatik und Englischgrammatik.

hello Lazydriver
please feel welcome,i'd really want to learn more,as far as i'm concerned,german grammar is hard,it used to give me pain in the neck back when i was at school

This is wrong. Nevertheless, I'll highlight the differences of German grammar. I'm going to keep in the grammatical cases because if I don't, I will lose the meaning of the sentence entirely. The only thing that won't change is word order. Still. This is /wrong/. Do not take on German sentences like this while learning them except in order to try and compare meanings. Also, there's no guarantee on my /own/ Grammar, because I'm still learning. But the word order here is mostly a big no-no. Tahira gave the correct way on that.
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No I can't forget this evening
Or your face as you were leaving
But I guess that's just the way
The story goes

Nein ich kann nicht vergiss diesen Abend
Oder deine Gesicht als du war gingen
Doch ich rate dass es nur den Weg,
Die Story geht,

You always smile but in your eyes
Your sorrow shows
Yes it shows

Du immer lächlen doch in deine Augen,
Deine sorgen schaut,
Ja es schaut.

No I can't forget tomorrow
When I think of all my sorrow
When I had you there
But then I let you go
And now it's only fair
That I should let you know
What you should know

Nein ich kann nicht vergiss Mörgen*
Wann ich dinke an alle meine Sorgen,
Wann ich hat dir da,
Doch dann ich lass dich gehen,
Und jetzt es wird nur fair,
Dass ich soll lass dich wissen,
Was du sollst wissen,


I can't live
If living is without you
I can't live
I can't give anymore
I can't live
If living is without you
I can't give
I can't give anymore

Ich kann nicht Leben,
Wenn leben ist ohne dich,
Ich kann nicht Leben,
Ich kann nicht geben nie mehr,
Ich kann nicht Leben,
Wenn leben ist ohne dich,
Ich kann nicht geben,
Ich kann nicht geben nie mehr.


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Sorry Lazydriver, I might not stick to "normal" sentence structure but that's just normal when doing translations. Meanwhile, your translation aka "Nein ich kann nicht vergiss diesen Abend ..." does have major grammar problems For instance the first line would be "Ich kann diesen Abend nicht vergessen".

You can get the gist of things when learning from songs, but you still need to pick up the basics from a grammar book or something similar.

Originally Posted by Steena

Sorry Lazydriver, I might not stick to "normal" sentence structure but that's just normal when doing translations. Meanwhile, your translation aka "Nein ich kann nicht vergiss diesen Abend ..." does have major grammar problems For instance the first line would be "Ich kann diesen Abend nicht vergessen".

You can get the gist of things when learning from songs, but you still need to pick up the basics from a grammar book or something similar.

Oh, I think what you do (changing word order) is a /good idea/. You can't translate something effectively if you stick with the word order of the original language. I only made the translation to highlight the differences between English grammar (with my translation) and German translation (the one you made).

And /exactly/. You can't make a sentence like "Nein ich kann nicht vergiss deisen Abend' because it doesn't make sense in German . And you can't make sentences like, "I can this evening not forget" in English either .

thanks to both of you,Lazydriver : i got your point,word orders in german is not the same in english,in german i notice that the verb always comes at the end of the sentence,it's kind of a game to me and i like it,the thing is that german takes a little from every language i know,english ,french and turkish(verb in the end)

In a normal sentence structure the verb should be at the second place in the sentence: Subject, verb, object.
Ich gehe nach Hause. -> I go home
Ich kann diesen Abend nicht vergessen.
Ich male ein Bild. -> I draw a picture

We've once collected some language basics at the beginning of this thread: http://www.allthelyrics.com/forum/le...-language.html
Maybe some of it is handy for you now.

When an adverb (answers question how?, in what way?, when?, where?) is first in the sentence the subject and verb switch:

Heute Abend gehe ich ins Kino - Tonight I will go to the movies

In Deutschland leben ungefaehr 20 Milliarden Menschen - About 20 billion people live in Germany

If I am wrong please correct me

oh steen thanks a lot,i like that thread a lot,you've been a great help

Originally Posted by TheNuttyOne

When an adverb (answers question how?, in what way?, when?, where?) is first in the sentence the subject and verb switch:

Heute Abend gehe ich ins Kino - Tonight I will go to the movies

In Deutschland leben ungefaehr 20 Milliarden Menschen - About 20 billion people live in Germany

If I am wrong please correct me

I think it's:

Heute Abend soll ich ins Kino gehen. (Tonight, I shall go to the movies. Literally: Today's Evening shall I in the Cinema to go)

And I think the second one is, "In Deutschland es gibt über 20 Milliarden die da wohnen."

Hello LAzydriver,
THENUTTYONE was right with hisHer (?) translations.

BUt everyone would understand what you wanted to say. So its not totally wrong.

Originally Posted by Tahira

Hello LAzydriver,
THENUTTYONE was right with hisHer (?) translations.

BUt everyone would understand what you wanted to say. So its not totally wrong.

Ach, ich sehe. Doch ich war nicht ganz richtig, stimmt? TheNuttyOne ist ganz richtig, ja?

Originally Posted by Lazydriver

Ach, ich sehe. Doch ich war nicht ganz richtig, stimmt? TheNuttyOne ist ganz richtig, ja?

Yes, thenutyyone was right.