One Night Only

Lyrics (English translation)

Wind, town, trembling fingers
White footsteps creaking
Cheeks flushed red
I run along the road home

Even that person who's always frowning is smiling today
Unless I'm my most beautiful self, I can't hold all this warmth

Don't forget, this one day
is a day just for gathering around the light

Snow piling up on the windowsill
Minestrone on the table

Today it all comes to an end
Overflowing with light

Burn it into your eyes, the living-room lamp
Just waiting and longing, the gift in the shade of the tree

Listen, the bells are ringing
Softly I make a wish on the star at the treetop

We can't go back now, I close my eyes
Softly I blow out the candle of prayer

Even when I look back on this night
the magic of the bubbles just keeps on bursting