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Bad Karma

This morning in the rain the tram
drove away before my eyes.1
The first time didn't matter much to me
until I see: Hey! The driver was laughing at me!
Then I overlook, in the pouring rain,2
a streetlamp and run straight into it.
But unfortunately I don't have time to be annoyed,
cause my new jacket isn't waterproof.
Oooohh... Oh nooo...
 
Poor me
Today I have bad karma.
Honestly, man, that was
a really bad choice.3
Poor me
The day doesn't want me to succeed.
Can somebody pinch me?
Hug me?
Does anyone have mercy
on a loser,
who needs a lot of love right now?
 
Then I wanted to quickly withdraw some money
and entered the wrong PIN three times. ohoh
I entered the bank to get a new card,
and while I was was waiting in line,
my girlfriend's ex-boyfriend started talking to me,
him, who I really can't stand,
and said: "Hey dude, check it out:
I'm moving into your neighboring apartment soon!"
Ooooohh ... Oh nooo ...
 
Poor me
Today I have bad karma.
Honestly, man, that was
a really bad choice.
Poor me
The day doesn't want me to succeed.
Can somebody pinch me?
Hug me?
Does anyone have mercy
on a loser,
who needs a lot of love right now?
 
And because the day wasn't over,
then a police officer stopped me in the evening
and said: "Hey, now that is really red!"
I say to myself: "You idiot!",
which upsets the police officer,
He thought I was talking to him.4
And so I get yet another ticket.
So much works out for me in just one day!
 
Poor me
Today I have bad karma.
Honestly, man, that was
a really bad choice.
Poor me
The day doesn't want me to succeed.
Can somebody pinch me?
Hug me?
Does anyone have mercy
on a loser,
on a loser,
on a loser,
who needs a lot of love right now?
A cigarette would do about now
but I don't smoke anymore.
I just don't get it.5
 
  • 1. lit. "directly in front of my nose"
  • 2. Mörderregen = lit. "killer rain"
  • 3. idiom, lit. "a bad handle on the toilet"
  • 4. I changed it to make sense in English. He says "Ich idiot" which means "I'm an idiot" but the officer doesn't hear the "Ich".
  • 5. idiom lit. "I'm standing on a hose"
Original lyrics

Schlechtes Karma

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Comments
BurgholdBurghold    Fri, 09/06/2017 - 10:23

Eine ganz tolle Übersetzung!
Vielleicht könnte man noch verbessern:
"Doch weil ich ja nicht mehr rauch"
"But (because) I don't smoke anymore"

Kyler_DKyler_D
   Fri, 09/06/2017 - 10:37

Ja, aber ich glaube dass, die folgende Zeile nicht sinnvoll auf Englisch wäre. "You don't get it because you don't smoke anymore?"