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!