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Nachtmarkt

Night Market · auf Deutsch und auf Englisch

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Deutsch · wie gesungen

[Intro, spoken]

0:00Samstag, zwei Uhr früh,

0:15und alle san schlecht g'launt.

0:17Herrlich.

[Verse 1]

0:30Der Typ an der Bar sagt, der DJ is a Schas,

0:352009, des war no a Party.

0:38Die Schlange draußen geht bis zur Ampel.

0:43A Schlange! Menschen, die aufeinander warten!

0:47Das Bier is warm, das Klo is a Tatort,

0:52der Türsteher schaut mi an wie a Problem,

0:56und i steh da mit offenem Mund: habt's ihr a Ahnung, wie schön?

1:03„Is nix los“, sagt wer neben mir.

1:05I schrei: Es is alles los!

[Pre-chorus]

1:07Ihr sagt, früher war's besser. I komm von später, glaubt's mir:

1:11später gibt's ka Nacht mehr, also tanzt's jetzt und hier.

[Chorus]

1:16Nachtmarkt, Nachtmarkt, heut is das Früher von morgen.

1:20Nachtmarkt, Nachtmarkt, und keiner merkt's, keiner merkt's, keiner merkt's.

[Verse 2]

1:27Wo i herkomm, war i im letzten Club,

1:32der war im Museum, mit Glas davor.

1:34Am Dancefloor stand a Schild: Bitte nicht berühren.

1:37Und die Musik war a Summen im Ohr.

1:39Party is dort a Nachricht am Morgen: „Sie waren anwesend. Danke.“

1:43Ka Kater, ka Kuss, ka verlorener Schuh, nur a Häkchen und a Ruh.

1:48„Früher war der Gürtel wilder“, sagt der Stamm, und spielt, als wär er's selbst.

[Pre-chorus]

1:52Ihr sagt, früher war's besser. I komm von später, glaubt's mir: später gibt's ka Nacht mehr, also tanzt's jetzt und hier.

[Chorus]

2:01Nachtmarkt, Nachtmarkt, heut is das Früher von morgen. Nachtmarkt, Nachtmarkt, und keiner merkt's.

[Bridge]

2:15Irgendwann seid's ihr die Alten an der Bar mit grauem Haar,

2:20und ihr sagt: „2026, des war a Jahr!“

2:24Und ihr habt's verpasst, weil ihr g'raunzt habt.

2:29Also: raunzen später. Raunzen später, tanzen jetzt. Raunzen später, tanzen jetzt.

[Pre-chorus]

2:42Ihr sagt, früher war's besser. I komm von später, glaubt's mir: später gibt's ka Nacht mehr, also tanzt's jetzt und hier.

[Chorus]

2:57Nachtmarkt, Nachtmarkt, heut is das Früher von morgen. Nachtmarkt, Nachtmarkt, und keiner merkt's, keiner merkt's.

[Outro, spoken]

3:14Früher war's besser.

3:21Ja. Heute zum Beispiel.

Englisch · zum Singen

[Intro, spoken]
Saturday, two a.m.,
and everyone's got the hump.
Lovely.

[Verse 1]
The bloke at the bar says the DJ is rubbish,
2009, now that was a party.
The queue outside goes right down to the lights.
A queue! Real people, waiting for each other!
The beer is warm, and the bog's a crime scene,
the bouncer looks at me like I'm trouble on sight,
and I stand there with my mouth open: don't you see it? What a sight!
"Nothing's happening," someone says.
I shout: it's all happening!

[Pre-chorus]
You say it was better before. I'm from later, listen here:
later the night's all gone, so dance right now, right here.

[Chorus]
Night Market, Night Market, today's tomorrow's good old days.
Night Market, Night Market, and no one knows, no one knows, no one knows.

[Verse 2]
Where I come from, I went to the last club,
in a museum, behind a glass door.
On the dancefloor a sign said: Please do not touch.
And the music was a hum, nothing more.
A party there's a message in the morning: "You were present. Thank you."
No hangover, no snog, no lost shoe, just a tick and some peace for you.
"The Gürtel used to be wilder," says Stamm, and plays like he still is himself.

[Pre-chorus]
You say it was better before. I'm from later, listen here:
later the night's all gone, so dance right now, right here.

[Chorus]
Night Market, Night Market, today's tomorrow's good old days.
Night Market, Night Market, and no one knows.

[Bridge]
One day you'll be the old ones at the bar with greying hair,
and you'll say: "2026, now that was a year!"
And you missed it all 'cause you were moaning.
So then: moan tomorrow. Moan tomorrow, dance tonight. Moan tomorrow, dance tonight.

[Pre-chorus]
You say it was better before. I'm from later, listen here:
later the night's all gone, so dance right now, right here.

[Chorus]
Night Market, Night Market, today's tomorrow's good old days.
Night Market, Night Market, and no one knows, no one knows.

[Outro, spoken]
It was better back then.
Yeah. Today, for example.

Die Wiener Wörter

Wienerisch English Why
schlecht g'launt got the hump British for sulking in a bad mood; one punchy syllable to land on before "Lovely".
Herrlich Lovely The dry, delighted one-word verdict; British "lovely" carries the same irony.
Typ bloke The pub word for "some guy".
a Schas rubbish As the brief: dismissive, fun to spit, sits on the downbeat.
des war no a Party now that was a party The old-timer's nostalgia formula; reused for "now that was a year".
Klo the bog Working-class British for the toilet; "the bog's a crime scene" is pure pub.
Is nix los / Es is alles los Nothing's happening / it's all happening Keeps the mirror joke: the same phrase flipped, and "it's all happening" is a real cheer.
glaubt's mir listen here The streetwise "trust me"; it rhymes with "right here".
tanzt's dance Viennese plural imperative; English imperative needs nothing more.
ka no The Viennese "kein"; plain "no", or "all gone" where it sings better.
Kuss snog Cheekier than "kiss" and on the same single beat.
g'raunzt / raunzen moaning / moan Per the brief, raunzen = moan; "moan tomorrow, dance tonight" keeps the chant's later/now swing and the syllables.
Ja Yeah The deadpan answer to the last moan.