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Im
in the
Schatten
shade
frierst
freeze
du
you
trotz
even though
20
Grad
degrees
.
Die
the
Sonne
sun
brennt
burns
,
doch
but
das
the
Thermometer
thermometer
sagt
says
:
„
Es
it
ist
is
mild
mild
und
and
wirklich
really
ganz
quite
angenehm
pleasant
.
“
Doch
but
wer
who
fühlt
feels
das
this
so
that way
?
Ich
I
kann's
can't it
nicht
not
versteh'n
understand
.
You're freezing in the shade, even though it's 20 degrees. The sun is burning, but the thermometer says, "It's mild and really quite pleasant." But who feels that way? I can't understand it.
Gefühlte
perceived
Wärme
warmth
,
das
those
sind
are
schlechte
bad
Witze
jokes
,
in
in
der
the
Sonne
sun
kalt
cold
,
im
in the
Schatten
shade
Hitze
heat
.
Was
what
stimmt
is right
denn
then
nun
now
,
was
what
zählt
counts
denn
then
hier
here
?
Ich
I
fühl
feel
mich
me
heiß
hot
und
and
kalt
cold
-
alles
everything
im
in the
gleichen
same
Revier
territory
,
im
in the
gleichen
same
Revier
turf
.
Perceived warmth—those are bad jokes: cold in the sun, heat in the shade. So what's true, what counts here? I feel hot and cold—all in the same territory, in the same territory.
Der
the
Wind
wind
pfeift
howls
laut
loud
doch
but
nicht
not
bei
at
mir
me
.
Dein
your
Wetterbericht
weather forecast
schweigt
keeps silent
wie
like
ein
a
stilles
silent
Klavier
piano
.
Gefühlte
perceived
zwölf
twelve
Grad
degrees
,
gemessene
measured
zehn
ten
!
Doch
but
warum
why
spür
feel
ich
I
vierzig
forty
?
Kann
can
das
this
einer
anyone
verstehen
understand
?
The wind isn't whistling loudly where I live. Your weather forecast is as silent as a piano. It feels like twelve degrees, but it's ten! But why does it feel like forty? Can anyone understand that?
Gefühlte
perceived
Wärme
warmth
,
das
those
sind
are
schlechte
bad
Witze
jokes
,
in
in
der
the
Sonne
sun
kalt
cold
,
im
in the
Schatten
shade
Hitze
heat
.
Was
what
stimmt
is right
denn
then
nun
now
,
was
what
zählt
counts
denn
then
hier
here
?
Ich
I
fühl
feel
mich
me
heiß
hot
und
and
kalt
cold
-
alles
everything
im
in the
gleichen
same
Revier
turf
.
Perceived warmth is a bad joke: cold in the sun, heat in the shade. So what's true, what counts here? I feel hot and cold—all in the same territory.
Dein
your
Wetter
weather
spricht
speaks
in
in
Rätseln
riddles
wie
like
ein
a
Dichter
poet
zu
to
mir
me
.
Your weather speaks to me in riddles like a poet.
Gefühlte
perceived
Wahrheit
truth
,
doch
but
wer
who
misst
measures
die
that
hier
here
?
Perceived truth, but who measures it here?
Ich
I
lauf'
run
durch
through
die
the
Welt
world
,
sie
it
wird
becomes
mir
(to) me
ungeheuer
monstrous
,
in
in
der
the
Sonne
sun
Gänsehaut
goosebumps
,
im
in the
Schatten
shade
Feuer
fire
.
I run through the world, it becomes monstrous to me, goosebumps in the sun, fire in the shade.
Gefühlte
perceived
Wärme
warmth
,
das
those
sind
are
schlechte
bad
Witze
jokes
,
in
in
der
the
Sonne
sun
kalt
cold
,
im
in the
Schatten
shade
Hitze
heat
.
Was
what
stimmt
is right
denn
then
nun
now
,
was
what
zählt
counts
denn
then
hier
here
?
Ich
I
fühl
feel
mich
me
heiß
hot
und
and
kalt
cold
-
alles
everything
im
in the
gleichen
same
Revier
turf
.
Perceived warmth is a bad joke: cold in the sun, heat in the shade. So what's true, what counts here? I feel hot and cold—all in the same territory.
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