Lyric in English:

Friedrich Hollaender:
If I Could Only Wish Myself Something

We weren't asked
when we still didn't have faces
whether we wanted to live,
or better not to.

Now I'm walking alone
through one big city,
and I suddenly don't know
if that city likes me.

Then I look in the bars
through the door and the window glass,
and I wait, and I wait
for something.

If I could only wish myself something,
I should be embarassed,
what then should I wish to myselve,
one bad or one good time?

If I could only wish myself something,
I would wish I were happy,
then as soon as I were happy,
I would feel homesick for the sadness.