Abschied [English translation]

Dear brothers, come running!

From the mill I must separate

what I was, that's in two,

for the master found us both

And so I must go alone

Farewell, goodbye!

And I can do nothing but suffer.

Dear brothers, it is time!

I must run for my life

in all haste and secrecy

for I must not be recognized

As my beloved sank into the grave

I cast off my name

No one should call it anymore.

Never were friends more faithful to me

than you were in this difficult time

and each of you is beloved and dear to me

but now only loneliness remains for me.

I must go!

I must go!

I must go!

I must go!

Dear brothers, take heed!

I ask you for one thing:

I must go away tonight.

Fly away and keep watch!

The miller comes in here,

I must have disappeared long before

although my heart meditates only upon revenge

Dear brothers, believe me

we have already crept for far too long!

I take the Koraktor with me,

I broke open the chest

For now I must finally go away

But the the last word

in this matter has not been spoken

Never were friends more faithful to me

than you were in this difficult time

and each of you is beloved and dear to me

but now only loneliness remains for me.

I must go!

I must go!

I must go!

I must go!

Dear brothers, it is time,

It's about time that we defend ourselves!

But we are never so far

for he will never teach everything

I dare what no one's ever dared:

Perhaps a day will come

when I, strong like never before, return home.

Brothers, give me your hands now!

It's all the same to me if I must die

The king's henchmen are in the country

to recruit the fellows

In a war, so far from here

I have become, from now on, a musketeer,

whether it's make or break

Yes, we must overcome such an adventure

and such danger together:

and yet already tomorrow a new one will certainly come,

The wheel must always keep turning

Keep turning

Keep turning

Keep turning

Keep turning

Never were friends more faithful to me

than you were in this difficult time

and each of you is beloved and dear to me

but now only loneliness remains for me.

I must go!

I must go!

I must go!

I must go!