This is my personal favourite...it is a bit hard and sad, but the song itself is really beautiful
I schänke dir mis Härz from Züriwest (Berndüütsch):
D'Szene isch e chliini Bari Irgendwo i dere Stadt
Und i bschteue e Whiskey, hocke irgendwo ab
Wos grad Platz het u luege echli ume wär so umenang hocket
Aber kenne tueni niemer hie inne
The scene is a small bar somewhere in the city
I order a whiskey and sit down where there is space and
Have a look at those sitting around
But I know no one
Überau hocke Lüt hinger de Schampus-chüble
Geng e Frou un e Typ
U nippe am ne Flüt u hange anenang a
U rede öppis über nüt
U nume i bi allei
Hie u da wächsled s'Liecht
Hie u da verschwinde wider zwöi irgendwo
U irgendeinisch geit hinde
E dunkelblaue Vorhang uf
All around people are sitting behind Champagne buckets
Usually a man and a woman, nipping on a glass and hanging off each other
And talk about nothing
Only I am all alone
Every now and then The light changes
Every now and then two disappear somewhere
And sometime at the back
A dark blue curtain goes up
Hinger em Vorhang het's e Bühni
U uf der Bühni schteit e Frou
Wo i de Ungerhose irgendsone Shou zeigt
Behind the curtain there is a stage
On the stage stands a woman
Who in her underwear does a kind of show
I luege sochli zue
U i hocke so chli da
U gspüre plötzlech
Dass i irgend sone Hang uf em Chnöi ha
U dräie mi um U näbe mir hocket eini Won i nie vorhär ha gseh
U fragt öb i alleini sig U sie sig ou L.A.
I söu nid überlege I gfaui 're no so
Sie wöu eifach echli rede
Viellecht sött i hie no säge
Sie gseht schön us
Sie isch e schöni mit schöne länge Haar
I watch a bit
I sit a bit there
All of a sudden I feel a weight at my knees
I turn to see that sitting next to me is a girl I have never before seen
She asks if I am alone, she says she is alone
I shouldn't think so much as she doesn't like it
She just wants to talk a little
I should mention now that she is pretty to look at
She is a looker with pretty long hair
U klar bin i nervös worde. Klar hani drunke
U mit jedem Schluck het sie mi
No chli schöner afa dünke
U nach jedem Glas Champagner
Hets sie geng no eis wöue
I ha zaut u zaut
Bis i eifach nüm ha chönne
U ha gseit: ,Hey wei mir nid zu mir oder so'
U sie het gseit: ,I chönnt di so verwöhne
So ire haub Schtung chönnt i cho
Jitz säg mer eifach nume no wiviu
Säg wieviu
Wiviu gisch mer wenn i chume'
Of course I got nervous. Of course I had drank
And with every swallow she began
To appear more beautiful
And after every glass of Champagne
She immediately wanted another
I paid and paid
Until I couldn't any more
And I said 'hey, do we want to go to mine or so'
And she said 'I could really spoil you,
I could come in a half hour
Just tell me how much,
Say how much
Will you give me if I come with you'
Refrain:
I schänke dir mis Härz
Meh han i nid
Du chasch es ha, we de wosch
Es ist es guets und es git
No mängi wos würd näh
Aber dir würd i's gä
I give to you my heart
I have nothing more to give
You can have it if you like
It is a good one and it beats
There are a few who would take it
But I would give it to you.
*sigh*