Das Weiße Lied [English translation]

When weeping willows bloom

and life begins anew again

Under the roof of branches

an old song is sung softly

Downy feathers dance through the wind

Fine footprints in the damp sand

A child parts the cold sea

where your father swam last autumn

The white song

sounds through the silence of this world

A cygnet

sings about what his father already explained to him

The white song

breaks through the silence of this world

Those are silent

who are hearing it for the first time

Love is the greatest good

Without it you'd already be dead

Memory enwraps the world

The wind is silent in reverence

For under the roof of branches

The white child now sings this song

But it's not singing alone any more

Reflected in the sunlight

is the miracle of a love

that the father mourned last autumn

The white song

sounds through the silence of this world

A cygnet

sings about what his father already explained to him

The white song

breaks through the silence of this world

Those are silent

who are hearing it for the first time

Love is the greatest good

Without it you'd already be dead