Vertaling van: Marco Borsato - Dit Was Je Leven

I wipe the tears from my face,
Your eyes are still closed,
I'd look for hours
at how you lay here for me.
You always lived with the day,
But last time I saw you
You didn't want to laugh
I asked myself what it was.

Because it's life, happiness and sorrow
It was given to you but you didn't want it,
Are you happy or do you regret now?
Do you miss the years in which we were together?
Because it was still a beautiful time.

I'm asking myself where you are now
And whether I have known you,
Because there is something in you I could not understand
Not got used to this life
You didn't have to count on me any more.
And I stood closer to you
Could I say to you anything?
Maybe you didn't do it. Because it was your life, happiness and sorrow
It was given to you but you didn't want it,
Are you happy or do you regret now?
Do you miss the years in which we were together?
Because it was still a beautiful time.
If you could choose where you would go
Would you come back here or far away?

It was your life, happiness and sorrow,
It was given to you but you didn't want it,
Are you happy or do you regret now?
Do you miss the years in which we were together?
Because it was still a beautiful time.

It was your life, here you were home,
Where have you stayed, so far from home?
Are you sad or are you free?
And those years we were together,
Were no more than a waste of time?
Anyway you lost everything.