ICH BEREUE NICHTS (I regret nothing)

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So I was chatting with a dear friend of mine and she introduced me to this song. It's a german song by a german band called SILBERMOND. The tittle is ICH BEREUE NICHTS (I regret nothing).

This is the English translation:
I regret nothing
I hold your hand as long as I can
And start the last lap

We both knew and still repressed it till the end that time cannot be beaten

Maybe it would better if it never happened this way
But 'maybe' is such a cowardly word

We fought and not give away any grain of sand
And now we stand here

And I regret nothing
Not a step, not a moment of it
Even when it's lost
Even when it's not enough for us
It still wasn't for nothing
Regret nothing of it
Nothing of it

Time runs against us, the last grain falls silently
And the lap is slowly over

We have built on sand which took us a lot of strength
But it was worth every effort
And I thank you for every day with you

German Lyrics:
Ich bereue nichts
Ich halte deine Hand, so lange wie ich kann
Und trete die letzte Runde an

Wir haben’s beide gewusst und doch verdrängt bis zum Schluss
Dass man die Zeit nicht besiegen kann

Vielleicht wäre es besser, es wär so nie passiert
Doch vielleicht ist so ein feiges Wort

Wir haben immer gekämpft und kein Sandkorn verschenkt
Und jetzt stehn wir hier

Und ich bereue nichts
Nicht einen Schritt, nicht einen Augenblick davon
Auch wenn es verloren ist
Auch wenn es für uns nicht reicht
Es war doch nichts umsonst
Bereue nichts davon
Nichts davon

Die Zeit läuft gegen uns, das letzte Korn fällt stumm
Und langsam ist die Runde um

Wir haben auf Sand aufgebaut, das hat uns viel Kraft gebraucht
Doch alles davon, war es mir wert
Und ich dank dir für jeden Tag bei dir

Denn ich bereue nichts
Nicht einen Schritt, nicht einen Augenblick davon
Auch wenn es verloren ist
Auch wenn es für uns nicht reicht
Es war doch nichts umsonst
Nicht umsonst

Ich bereue nicht ein falsches Wort, nicht einen Augenblick
Ich nehme keine Schritt zurück
Denn ich bereue nichts
Ich bereue nichts
Ich bereue nichts
Nichts davon
Ich bereue nichts

I got it from lyricstranslate.com and it was submitted my Steena. So credits to her or him, I did not translate the lyrics to this song but I did change the translation a bit by correcting a few gramatical errors, just the minor ones coz my own English isn't fabulous. I didn't change the meaning.

I think the lyrics are really, really nice and meaningful. This is my interpretation of the song. It started of with a friend or lover I'm just going to go with friend since my friend introduced this to me saying that the time they have together isn't long now and that they're starting the final hurdle that they will face together in a section of their lives. At the end of it, she says that we shouldn't regret our actions in the past because there must have been a reason for it, no matter how unreasonable or immature they sound to you now. Even if you feel like you could have done more during those times, you shouldn't regret it because it's the past and she doesn't regret the time she spent together with you.

I think this relates to my conversation really well coz I was saying to her how, when I think back on the past few years, I feel really bad. Because this friend of mine, she has a really strong personality which I didn't realise that that's a really good thing until recently. So when I was younger and stupider and bossier, haha!, we used to sort of snap at each other. Well, come to think of it now, it's mostly me snapping at her. Ahh~~I feel so embarrassed and guilty about it coz now that I'm older I realise that she's a really great friend, really reliable in terms of emotional support, not school responsibilities!! And it's just her character that's like that and I should accept her the way she is. Now I find her really endearing XD and actually admire her. She dares to stick up for herself and stands firmly by what she believes in. She even stood up to the head prefects and teachers when they were being stupid, which is something I've always wanted to do though the teacher part was a bit over the top, but oh well, that's her :) Well, actually most of the time I just want to diss one of the head prefects, the more obnoxious one, but I never dared. So I really admire my friend for being able to do that, for being able to ignore other people's comments or in her words 'don't give a shit about it'. HAHAHA!! She never fails to make me laugh. I really, really regret not getting to know her better in these few years. She's really awesome. Anyway, I sort of told her I shouldn't have been so rude in the past and that I regret it, and she said she doesn't remember me being nasty to her, so I guess it's a good thing she doesn't give a damn what others say about her, ahaha!! So she made me listen to this song and told me no regrets. She really is a nice person. I was a prefect and all the other prefects, with an exception of one and me, weren't very fond of her. I always thought they were delusional, especially the head prefects, and yes, this time including the not so obnoxious one. And this song really made me feel much better :) I wanna give a shout out to her!!

You're awesome!! And I love you!! In a purely platonic way!! ♥