Translation by Gabs, see @gabsrants on Twitter
On the day that I was born, or so they
later said
my mother had just broken her favorite
porcelain plate
and since then it has been my lot,
until my life is spent
everything that I will touch will
crumble in the end
As hard as I may try it doesn't matter
anyhow
whatever was whole yesterday it is in
shambles now
the heaps of rubble that I leave are
all I can present
everything that I will touch will
crumble in the end
I once knew a girl it is a tale both
sad and true
the girl was made of porcelain with
hair of darkest hue
but suddenly she told me that we were
no longer friends
everything that I will touch will
crumble in the end
And when I then embraced her for our
very last goodbye
I hugged her out of love so fiercely
that she had to die
I did not mean to do it, please believe
me, I repent!
everything that I will touch will
crumble in the end
They carted me to court and yesterday
they strung me up
And just as I was hanging there, who
ever would have thought
The hangman's rope it broke just at the
very last moment
everything that I will touch will
crumble in the end
I am a Vagrant ever since and I will
never work
I hope that you kind people can see
that I'm not a jerk
So reach into your purses, give
whatever you can spend
everything that I will touch will
crumble in the end