Ernten was man sät [English translation]

Treasure thou thy wordhoard, take heed, make no sound

Out of the clear blue thou shalt reap thy rebound

For there may be all kinds of anguish in the years that precede

Take them as trials and ||: reap after thy seed :||

No word remaineth holy, all of them defiled

I hasten to and fro, still being used all this while

Overcome by my desires and my temper withers down

Remember what they told us - ||: we reap what we have sown :||

Lighten up, my flame, lighten up, my flame

Flare up, but I pray, be never tamed

I am burning as tinder in thee

As long as I believe in thee, thou wilt surely flare in me

Yet Hell is not my court yard

No longer may I stand guard

Remember what they told now

||: We reap that which we sow :||

Lo, fall, october, harvests, hinting in, calling out

Run, my lad, run, down the vales and up the mounts

There is a land promised to thee; glory, fame

No kingdom's reign be greater than what thou hast claimed

I was told what is good and what is right

I give what I have to make good of slight

Break ye only your silence to bid to this vow

||: To reap that which ye sow :||

[2nd stanza]