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Im Schatten frierst du trotz 20 Grad. Die Sonne brennt, doch das Thermometer sagt: „Es ist mild und wirklich ganz angenehm.“ Doch wer fühlt das so? Ich kann's nicht versteh'n.
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 Wärme, das sind schlechte Witze, in der Sonne kalt, im Schatten Hitze. Was stimmt denn nun, was zählt denn hier? Ich fühl mich heiß und kalt - alles im gleichen Revier, im gleichen Revier.
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 Wind pfeift laut doch nicht bei mir. Dein Wetterbericht schweigt wie ein stilles Klavier. Gefühlte zwölf Grad, gemessene zehn! Doch warum spür ich vierzig? Kann das einer verstehen?
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 Wärme, das sind schlechte Witze, in der Sonne kalt, im Schatten Hitze. Was stimmt denn nun, was zählt denn hier? Ich fühl mich heiß und kalt - alles im gleichen Revier.
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 Wetter spricht in Rätseln wie ein Dichter zu mir.
Your weather speaks to me in riddles like a poet.
Gefühlte Wahrheit, doch wer misst die hier?
Perceived truth, but who measures it here?
Ich lauf' durch die Welt, sie wird mir ungeheuer, in der Sonne Gänsehaut, im Schatten Feuer.
I run through the world, it becomes monstrous to me, goosebumps in the sun, fire in the shade.
Gefühlte Wärme, das sind schlechte Witze, in der Sonne kalt, im Schatten Hitze. Was stimmt denn nun, was zählt denn hier? Ich fühl mich heiß und kalt - alles im gleichen Revier.
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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Experience Language - B2 - Song: Perceived warmth
