Die Trommel [English translation]

We were standing on the place

and we could not help it.

Positioned in file,

no song lay on our lips.

Oh, I was almost still a child

Did not take a heart.

But when the drum called,

its sound grapped me so deeply

and I followed that tone,

I did not look around anymore.

Because the drum calls so loud! (so loud!)

Because the drum calls so loud! (so loud, so loud!)

Because the drum calls so loud! (so loud, so loud!)

I did not look around anymore!

Suddenly I stood on the battlefield,

quickly forgot fame and money.

Screaming I ran across country,

fear pierces marrow and bone.

Suddenly I was terrified,

I did not look around anymore.

Because the drum calls so loud! (so loud!)

Because the drum calls so loud! (so loud, so loud!)

Because the drum calls so loud! (so loud, so loud!)

I did not look around anymore!

In the night I often hear its sound,

its thunderous song.

And with dread I lie awake,

I curse it hundredfold.

Because the drum calls so loud! (so loud!)

Because the drum calls so loud! (so loud, so loud!)

Because the drum calls so loud! (so loud, so loud!)

I did not look around anymore!