Ein Hoch dem Bader [English translation]

Three cheers for the bathkeeper, the goodly fellow

Who prepares the tub from the bubbling spring.

Hot water, grapes and beer,

All this we find at the bathkeeper's here.

Lailalailai

As gentle as the rain may seem to us,

And warm as the brook on a summer's day.

We'll never find anything as infinitely good

As the hot water in the tub.

Lailalailai

And water cold, we might well drink

Before we die of thirst, and say you thanks

But we prefer guzzling beer or wine,

The water shall rest in the bathtub.

Lailalailai

And when the sun darkens, or the day ends

Then many figures squeeze themselves down. (1)

First slowly and then with magnificent power

The tub fills up and then comes the night

And when the sun darkens, the day ends

The night births creatures that existed not in the light

In the bathtub you can't see all faces clearly (2)

And to some, only the morning tells what has happened

Lailalailai

Three cheers for the bathkeeper, a toast to you

We gladly rest in your bathtub, akin to kings

Dust, frustrations, sorrow and pain

The Tubwater rinses off, all by itself

Lailalailai