Galgenballade [English translation]

Oh brothers you can leave us floating(/hanging) on these ropes.

With this dog's life we have

been fed up long ago.

We've never laid in a white bed

Only a black rain warmed us

Eroded by the wind

And gnawed away by the worm

From our choked necks still whistling

are the dreams that haven't grasped

the world has an end aswell

Thistles are budding in the intestines

They apparently like the -?-*

because it's so white and smooth.

When the owl is hooting three times in the forest

the devil isn't far anymore.

When the owl is hooting three times in the forest

the devil isn't far anymore.

Why should the devil take us?

Never stole from the poor.

It's not even amusing the king

He only loves hard liquor and his big speeches.

Let's(/demands) people pray for him in the churches

And lies down next to God's lamb in the pasture

When the owl is hooting three times in the forest

the devil isn't far anymore.

When the owl is hooting three times in the forest

the devil isn't far anymore.

Given that we are roasting in our fat today

bethink yourself of your misdeeds

you won't get rid of them easily

Soon there will be snow falling on your hair

then you are lying in the grave

small and ugly like in mother's lap.

When the owl is hooting three times in the forest

the devil isn't far anymore.

When the owl is hooting three times in the forest

the devil isn't far anymore.

And as at midnight the devil came riding

Straight from his realm, hell

Very quickly the rascals were cut loose

And were thrown to the fish

into the pond