De Wijn [English translation]

The best of all the wine

Is the one that's in front of my mouth

Once I lay sick in bed

Afterwards I was healthy again

As I lay sick and tormented in bed

By many a venom

The wine it cures all ills

Oh wine, be welcome, wine

One may well praise the wine

It is well worth the praise

And also the beautiful women

That are to our liking

I have yet to do more yonder

Than just this little glass

That's why I want to give praise

Oh wine, be welcome, wine

The wine it comes from afar

Has been driven for so many miles

On Wagons and carts to this place

To all the inner cities

It comes from the land of Cologne

All on the river rhine

Shown in full barrels

Oh wine, be welcome, wine

And is it red and bright

Than we are in its favour

And when it caresses our tongue

Then it is without equal

And if men drink

With friends all together

From glasses that thereby tinkle

Oh wine, be welcome, wine

Dear friends, don't be worried

Although we have no money

The innkeeper shall bail us

Thus he has told me

We shall let him invite us

And we shall be glad

Come let us continue tonight

Oh wine, be welcome, wine