Lili Marlene

Under the shrapnel, inside the trenches
In complete blackout, I heard entire nights
A song in the sky vibrating
It was the enemy remembering
To you, Lili Marlene!
To you, Lili Marlene!

On my guitar, plaintive I wanted to play
The song that says how sweet you are to love
And my heart throbbed
For the little German girl
For you, Lili Marlene!
For you, Lili Marlene!

I finally found you, you smiled at me
I embraced you and saw that you were beautiful, yet sad
By the lantern nothing could be seen
So I cried that day
For you, Lili Marlene!
For you, Lili Marlene!

And if one day, close to victory
Playing the bugle, ending the beautiful story
I will return to my Brazil
And I will remember this love
For you, Lili Marlene!
For you, Lili Marlene!

But I will have another love, far from war
In the fields in bloom, in the hills or in the mountains
Nothing does good to the heart
Like the moonlight from the backlands
Without you, Lili Marlene!
Without you, Lili Marlene!