Just a few words on white paper
is all you have written me, are they really from you?
I see you laughing, that fits you so well
sky-high cheering and feeling deep grief
feeling deep grief, stay here-stay
Even if your path leads in another direction,
You have to follow it, just please not too far
And I want you to stay just the way you are1
You're important here, don't forget:
Only one thing is important, that you stay
It only takes a few hours to change the world
And that you're still here, that's all that counts
You don't have to prove anything, you don't have to explain
What ever your heart says,
It's born for life, born for life
Even if your path leads in another direction,
You have to follow it, just please not too far
And just as you, I don't want to lose you
You're important here, don't forget:
Only one thing is important, that you stay
1. literally, "just as you are, I don't want to lose you." I think my translation captures the meaning a bit better though