Der Hofnarr [English translation]

I am alone at court here

A joke of human flesh

When no-one laughs, I laugh myself dead

And let myself simply hang

I am the crown of sunshine

Therefore she laughs with lots of shrieks

I am the hideous Pierrot

At the Queen's receptions

I am the Queen's fool

They nail me to the fools' cross

Since I am everybody's fool

I am the Queen's fool

They nail me to the fools' cross

I am the joke that God made himself

The freak that always grins

My hump brings men luck

Hence all this laughter

I was brought here as a child

My father had sold me

Now I am alone at court

In order to make all the jokes

I am the Queen's fool

They nail me to the fools' cross

Since I am everybody's fool

I am the Queen's fool

They nail me to the fools' cross

I am the joke that God made himself

When no-one laughs, I laugh myself dead

Then I shall hang myself here

That is her joke that threathens me here