Fluent German-English Speakers

I've heard similar but slightly different translations of the following quote and wanted to hear from an actual fluent German speaker rather than someone who knows a little German and uses an online translator... Anyways here it is.


"Fur immer ist alles was uns bleibt."

( The "u" in "Fur" has 2 dots over it, not sure what they're called)




The song is called Unendlichkeit by the German Band Tokio Hotel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtTsHEOUTGU

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4 replies since 18th June 2011 • Last reply 18th June 2011

Reply #1:

Smart thinking to ditch the translators, as they usually don't translate the colloquial meaning as much as they translate everything word-for-word.

Word for word would read "For ever is all what us last" so it's kind-of improper grammar.
A better, more meaningful translation is "We all last forever" or something similar.

I took 3 years of German in high school, but my last year of it was over 3 years ago, so my translation is a bit rough.

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Reply #2:

i´m quiet confused by the quote because the grammar isn´t really accurate, i mean it´s something literal and they have these weird expressions there, but, it´s difficult to explain, this "für immer" isn´t an expression we normally use in this context. i think it has the meaning of something like eternity here. i wouldn´t translate it with "we all last forever" but with "forever" is all that remain for the couple/friends who said this phrase.
hope this helped at least a bit!

oops, i forgot to say, i´m german but not skilled in literature/poetry/such stuff Happy

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Reply #3:

I don't think I would say that it is grammatically incorrect. It still makes sense, it means "Forever is all that we have left"

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Reply #4:

I'm using this post to ask for a favor... I found a pattern to make a bag that I really liked, but it's in German Happy

could anyone help me translate it, please? Happy

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