Am Fluss [English translation]

Today yet again along the river

is flowing tamely like before.

There in the bend was I born,

Now I must up and away

How does the saying go? "You must first go, in order to return again"

Whatever that means, "to home"

Just as it is, it will not remain so

And because it is so, it will become different

A little like "yes", and also again "no"

It isn't forever, and yet it is new

Pity that my wheat blooms elsewhere

Sure, I'm happy that it goes on

It was just the same for others before me

Perhaps the same sun shines elsewhere

that shines here on me

Just as it is, it will not remain so

And because it is so, it will become different

A little like "yes", and also again "no"

It isn't forever, and yet it is new