99 luftballoons exact translation?

Question

I know the english version, but I want to know the exact meaning of the German lyrics:
Hast du etwas Zeit fuer mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Denkst du vielleicht g'rad an mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Und dass sowas von sowas kommt

99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Hielt man fuer Ufos aus dem All
Darum schickte ein General
'ne Fliegerstaffel hinterher
Alarm zu geben, wenn's (sie?) war
Dabei war'n da am Horizont
Nur 99 Luftballons

99 Duesenjager
Jeder war ein grosser Krieger
Hielten sich fuer Captain Kirk
Das gab ein grosses Feuerwerk
Die Nachbarn haben nichts gerafft
Und fuehlten sich gleich angemacht
Dabei schoss man am Horizont
Auf 99 Luftballons

99 Kriegsminister
Streichholz und Benzinkanister
Hielten sich fuer schlaue Leute
Witterten schon fette Beute
Riefen: Kring und wollten Macht
Mann, wer hatte das gedacht
Dass es einmal soweit kommt
Wegen 99 Luftbal

Answer 1

As you saw from previous answers, the exact English version does NOT work for the song. So they made a few changes here and there to make it work for English. The basic story plot is still the same. 99 balloons were mistaken for UFOs and a war broke out for 99 years that ended up destroying the world all because of 99 balloons floating in the sky. lol. Here's the first half line for line...the answer above me pretty much sums it up.

Hast Du etwas Zeit für mich
(Have you any time for me?)
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer Dich
(I'll sing a song for you)
Von 99 Luftballons
(of 99 Balloons)
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
(On their way to the horizon)
Denkst Du vielleicht grad' an mich
(Perhaps you think degrees ' of me)
(ie: perhaps you think I'm crazy)
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer Dich
(Then I'll sing a song for you)
Von 99 Luftballons
(Of 99 Balloons)
Und dass sowas von sowas kommt
(And how such a thing comes from such a thing)

99 Luftballons
(99 Balloons)
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
(On their way to the horizon)
Hielt man fuer UFOs aus dem All
(ie: they were all mistaken for UFO's)
Darum schickte ein General
(ie: therefore a general was sent)
Eine Fliegerstaffel hinterher
(A flier relay afterwards)
(ie: jets were sent after the general)
Alarm zu geben, wenn es so war
(ie: The Alarm was given when it was so)
Dabei war da am Horizont
(There was on the horizon)
Nur 99 Luftballons
(Only 99 balloons)

Answer 2

Lyrics

Hast Du etwas Zeit für mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer Dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Denkst Du vielleicht grad' an mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer Dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Und dass sowas von sowas kommt

You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got.
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone.
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message, Something's out there.
Floating in the summer sky.
99 red balloons go by.


99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Hielt man fuer UFOs aus dem All
Darum schickte ein General
Eine Fliegerstaffel hinterher
Alarm zu geben, wenn es so war
Dabei war da am Horizont
Nur 99 Luftballons


99 red balloons.
floating in the summer sky.
Panic bells, it's red alert.
There's something here from somewhere else.
The war machine springs to life.
Opens up one eager eye.
Focusing it on the sky.
Where 99 red balloons go by.



99 Duesenjaeger
Jeder war ein grosser Krieger
Hielten sich fuer Captain Kirk
Das gab ein grosses Feuerwerk
Die Nachbarn haben nichts gerafft
Und fuehlten sich gleich angemacht
Dabei schoss man am Horizont
Auf 99 Luftballons


99 Decision Street.
99 ministers meet.
To worry, worry, super-scurry.
Call the troops out in a hurry.
This is what we've waited for.
This is it boys, this is war.
The president is on the line
As 99 red balloons go by.



99 Kriegsminister
Streichholz und Benzinkanister
Hielten sich fuer schlaue Leute
Witterten schon fette Beute
Riefen: Krieg und wollten Macht
Mann, wer haette das gedacht
Dass es einmal soweit kommt
Wegen 99 Luftballons


99 Knights of the air
Ride super-high-tech jet fighters
Everyone's a superhero.
Everyone's a Captain Kirk.
With orders to identify.
To clarify and classify.
Scramble in the summer sky.
As 99 red balloons go by.



99 Jahre Krieg
Liessen keinen Platz fuer Sieger
Kriegsminister gibt es nicht mehr
Und auch keine Duesenflieger
Heute zieh ich meine Runden
Seh die Welt in Truemmern liegen
Hab' nen Luftballon gefunden
Denk' an Dich und lass' ihn fliegen


99 dreams I have had.
In every one a red balloon.
It's all over and I'm standing pretty.
In this dust that was a city.
If I could find a souvenier.
Just to prove the world was here.
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go.

Answer 3

Hast Du etwas Zeit für mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer Dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Denkst Du vielleicht grad' an mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer Dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Und dass sowas von sowas kommt

You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got.
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone.
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message, Something's out there.
Floating in the summer sky.
99 red balloons go by.


99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Hielt man fuer UFOs aus dem All
Darum schickte ein General
Eine Fliegerstaffel hinterher
Alarm zu geben, wenn es so war
Dabei war da am Horizont
Nur 99 Luftballons


99 red balloons.
floating in the summer sky.
Panic bells, it's red alert.
There's something here from somewhere else.
The war machine springs to life.
Opens up one eager eye.
Focusing it on the sky.
Where 99 red balloons go by.



99 Duesenjaeger
Jeder war ein grosser Krieger
Hielten sich fuer Captain Kirk
Das gab ein grosses Feuerwerk
Die Nachbarn haben nichts gerafft
Und fuehlten sich gleich angemacht
Dabei schoss man am Horizont
Auf 99 Luftballons


99 Decision Street.
99 ministers meet.
To worry, worry, super-scurry.
Call the troops out in a hurry.
This is what we've waited for.
This is it boys, this is war.
The president is on the line
As 99 red balloons go by.



99 Kriegsminister
Streichholz und Benzinkanister
Hielten sich fuer schlaue Leute
Witterten schon fette Beute
Riefen: Krieg und wollten Macht
Mann, wer haette das gedacht
Dass es einmal soweit kommt
Wegen 99 Luftballons


99 Knights of the air
Ride super-high-tech jet fighters
Everyone's a superhero.
Everyone's a Captain Kirk.
With orders to identify.
To clarify and classify.
Scramble in the summer sky.
As 99 red balloons go by.



99 Jahre Krieg
Liessen keinen Platz fuer Sieger
Kriegsminister gibt es nicht mehr
Und auch keine Duesenflieger
Heute zieh ich meine Runden
Seh die Welt in Truemmern liegen
Hab' nen Luftballon gefunden
Denk' an Dich und lass' ihn fliegen


99 dreams I have had.
In every one a red balloon.
It's all over and I'm standing pretty.
In this dust that was a city.
If I could find a souvenier.
Just to prove the world was here.
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go.

Answer 4

Have you some time for me,
then I'll sing a song for you
about 99 balloons
on their way to the horizon.
If you're perhaps thinking about me right now
then I'll sing a song for you
about 99 balloons
and that such a thing comes from such a thing.

99 balloons
on their way to the horizon
People think they're UFO's from space
so a general sent up
a fighter squadron after them
Sound the alarm if it's so
but there on the horizon were
only 99 balloons.

99 fighter jets
Each one's a great warrior
Thought they were Captain Kirk
then came a lot of fireworks
the neighbors didn't understand anything
and felt like they were being provoked
so they shot at the horizon
at 99 balloons.

99 war ministers
matches and gasoline canisters
They thought they were clever people
already smelled a nice bounty
Called for war and wanted power.
Man, who would've thought
that things would someday go so far
because of 99 balloons.

99 years of war
left no room for victors.
There are no more war ministers
nor any jet fighters.
Today I'm making my rounds
see the world lying in ruins.
I found a balloon,
think of you and let it fly (away).

You see the original lyrics in german had nothing to do with the English version!

Answer 5

Here is what google translate spits out:
You have something time for me Then I sing a song for you from 99 ballons On their way to the horizon You think g'rad of me then perhaps sing I a song for you from 99 ballons And that sowas of sowas comes 99 ballons On their way to the horizon One held for Ufos from the universe therefore sent a general 'ne flier relay afterwards To give alarm, wenn's (it?) there was thereby war'n on the horizon Only 99 ballons 99 Duesenjager Everyone was a large Krieger Held themselves for Captain Kirk gave large fireworks The neighbours gerafft nothing and felt thereby shot equivalent put on one on the horizon On 99 ballons 99 war Ministers Match and gasoline cans regarded themselves as smart people Witterten already fat booty Scoring: Kring and wanted power man, who had that thought That it comes once so far Because of 99 Luftbal

Answer 6

You have something time for me Then I sing a song for you from 99 ballons On their way to the horizon You think g'rad of me then perhaps sing I a song for you from 99 ballons And that sowas of sowas comes 99 ballons On their way to the horizon One held for Ufos from the universe therefore sent a general 'ne flier relay afterwards To give alarm, wenn's (it?) there was thereby war'n on the horizon Only 99 ballons 99 Duesenjager Everyone was a large Krieger Held themselves for Captain Kirk gave large fireworks The neighbours gerafft nothing and felt thereby shot equivalent put on one on the horizon On 99 ballons 99 war Ministers Match and gasoline cans regarded themselves as smart people Witterten already fat booty Scoring: Kring and wanted power man, who had that thought That it comes once so far Because of 99 Luftbal

Answer 7

Ok, the person above me and the person below me gave translations that make absolutely no sense. This is the English version. The song was remade in English by 7 Seconds and by Goldfinger, but their version had one verse still in German.

The songs about two lovers letting 99 red balloons go, and governments thinking that they're enemy ships and there's a huge world war and everything is destroyed. Except for 99 red balloons. And the singer.


99 Red Balloons:

You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'till one by one they were gone
Back at base, sparks in the software
Flash the message "something's out there"
Floating in the summer sky
Ninety nine red balloons go by

Ninety nine red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here from somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
And focusing it on the sky
The ninety nine red balloons go by

Ninety nine decisions treat
Ninety nine ministers meet
To worry, worry, super scurry
Call the troops out in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it boys, this is war
The President is on the line
As Ninety nine red balloons go by

Ninety nine knights of the air
Ride super high-tech jet fighters
Everyone's a super hero
Everyone's a Captain Kirk
With orders to identify
To clarify and classify
Scramble in the summer sky
Ninety nine red balloons go by

As ninety nine red balloons go by

Ninety nine dreams I have had
In every one a red balloon
It's all over and I'm standing pretty
In this dust that was a city
If i could find a souvenir
Just to prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go

Answer 8

You have sing think sing something time for me then I a song yourself you of 99 air balloons on its way to the
horizon you perhaps g' wheel of me then I a song for you of 99 air balloons and that such a thing comes of
such a thing

Did 99 air balloons on its way to the horizon one get sent to give for UFOS out of that all therefore a
general 'ne flyer squadron afterwards alarm, if it (it?) was there was' n there at the horizon only 99 air
balloon

A large warrior was held gave snatched up himself 99 Duesenjager of each for Captain Kirk that some large
fireworks the neighbors nothing and felt attached shot immediately at the same time one at the horizon on 99
air balloons

99 war ministers match and gasoline canister held smelled called themselves for sly people already fat prey:
Kring and wanted had thought comes power man, who that that it once so far ways 99 Luftbal

Answer 9

If you have some time for me
Then I sing a song for you
From 99 aerial balloons
On her way to the horizon
If you maybe think g'rad of me
Then I sing a song for you
From 99 aerial balloons
And the fact that something like that comes of something like that

99 aerial balloons
On her way to the horizon
If one held for UFOs from all
This is why sent a general
' ne airman's relay behind
To give alarm, if it (they?) was
Besides, war'n there in the horizon
Only 99 aerial balloons

99 Duesenjager
Everybody was a big warrior
Kept fue

Answer 10

Psst: it's the same as the english version.