Oh, my friend, my friend

We met by chance - it happens that way,
When you’re not looking, life gives what it will.
Spring is the season of love; it knows the way,
We walked a straight road - then came a sudden hill.

I don’t know where she came from, I can’t explain,
Yesterday I thought I’d settled everything for good,
And then she’s there, though I’ve known her long again -
Maybe someone was playing tricks, as if they could.

Oh, my friend, my friend,
With you I’d go even to nowhere…
Spring - and you didn’t understand me.

I wanted so much to be simply her friend,
So there’d be someone to call when I stood at the edge,
Not just a friend, but a faithful one to the end,
Who’d say: stop surviving, stop living on the ledge.

So she would tell me plainly, make it clear and true,
Say it’s not worth all this pain, it’s not the way to be,
No one’s immune to mistakes - that’s nothing new,
You’re worth so much more - she’s not worth what you give, you see.

Oh, my friend, my friend,
With you I’d go even to nowhere…
Spring - and you didn’t understand me.

I saw you as a friend, not as a lover,
You’re the one I could go with even into the void,
I’d give my life for such a friend, no other,
Spring - and you didn’t understand me.

Spring and you… you didn’t understand me...