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Butterfly

I look at you
You give me a colorful greeting
You didn't always look that way
Flap your wings now in opulence
 
In the signs of the tide
your dress now shines
Fragility
Ready to fly at any time
 
Let yourself drift
You shine before simplicity
So perfect and honest
can beauty be too
 
I imagine
You think the same about me
Risen to perfection
On the way to my true self
 
Butterfly!
Throw yourself into the wind!
My butterfly!
Show how big your wings are!
Butterfly!
Let me into your world!
Butterfly!
I want to be just like you!
Butterfly!
Throw yourself into the wind!
 
It was different before
Before the mask fell
Everything was always already there
Now locked up in a puppet show
 
Silent and lifeless
No one wanted to be like you
Now everyone looks at you
Unexpectedly and incessantly
 
Original lyrics

Schmetterling

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Comments
Sam GonzalezSam Gonzalez    Mon, 17/04/2023 - 13:15

Hello Dionysius, thank you for your treatment of this beautiful, heart-breaking song.

For the lyric:
"Alles war schon immer da
Nur eingesperrt im Puppenspiel"

you have translated "Nur" as "Now" it seems. I think "Nur" in this instance is more like "only" or "just" or "merely". Its like he is saying the butteryfly's beauty was present all along, but just locked up in puppetry so nobody could appreciate it.

What do you think?