當年希特勒是個魔王， 

        他發誓做什麼就做什麼， 

        如此狂熱， 

        以致天曉得，

        甚至德國人也說：

        「他不生出來豈不好得多！」

        正是我這一代人，

        豪情滿懷， 

        制服了那個魔王。

        然而現在對我們的佔領

        已告結束。我們的學業

        廢在城鎮上。

        我們缺乏熱情。 

        生活彷彿是個謎；

        它像一位女士

        向我介紹的一齣戲：「它不是……

        它沒有情節。」

        她說：「它是歷史。」

When Hitler was the Devil

He did as he had sworn

With such enthusiasm

That even, donnerwetter,

The Germans say, "Far better

Had he been never born!"

It was my generation

That put the Devil down

With great enthusiasm.

But now our occupation

Is gone. Our education

Is wasted on the town.

We lack enthusiasm.

Life seems a mystery;

It's like the play a lady

Told me about: "It's not

It doesn't have a plot,"

She said, "It's history."