Die Rose [English translation]

Love is like a wild river

Forcing its way through solid rock

Love is like a knife

Burning inside your heart

It is, and it is bitter

A tempest and a light breeze

To me, it's a rose

To you, a thorny bush

He who never cries and never mourns

Can never know about happiness either

He who only seeks what lasts forever

Is missing the moment

He who never takes, cannot give either

And he who is afraid of dying

For his whole life

Will never start living

If you feel lost

With no way leading out of the night

You start to hate the world

That only makes other people happy

But don't forget, over there on that branch

That almost froze to death in snow

A rose is gonna blossom in spring

As beautiful as never before