Als Je Lacht Lyrics in English Jan Smit

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Als Je Lacht by Jan Smit from Dutch to English.

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Empty are all the streets where I go

It's as if I don't exist for a moment

Birds don't sing like they used to

In a crowded city and still alone

But when you smile

My wounds are healed again

When you smile

Heart and head and soul are caressed anew

Then give me just a moment

That feeling I can't do without

Because you know I can never go on living like this

So let me, just for a moment

Have another night I can think about

Because for me you're the world I live in

A hundred thousand people around me

Wandering in a park and still alone

But when you smile

My wounds are healed again

When you smile

Heart and head and soul are caressed anew

Then give me just a moment

That feeling I can't do without

Because you know I can never go on living like this

So let me, just for a moment

Have another night I can think about

Because for me you're the world I live in

Then take me to where I can go on living

With everything I once had

Because when you smile

My wounds are healed again

When you smile

Heart and head and soul are caressed anew

Then give me just a moment

That feeling I can't do without

Because you know I can never go on living like this

So let me, just for a moment

Have another night I can think about

Because for me you're the world I live in

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SONG MEANING

Picture walking through a bustling city that somehow feels completely empty. That is where Jan Smit starts in “Als Je Lacht”. Birds no longer sing, the streets feel hollow, and even among hundred thousand people the singer feels painfully alone. The only thing that can break this spell of loneliness is a single smile from the one he loves. Her laughter is a powerful remedy: it heals wounds, soothes heart and mind, and instantly brings color back to his world.

The chorus turns that simple smile into a lifeline. He pleads for just one more moment and one more night with her because without that spark he cannot go on. In other words, the song is a tender reminder that the smallest gesture from the right person can replace isolation with hope and turn a gray city into a place worth living in.

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