Hoop doet leven [English translation]

The first cry, a baby is born

A mother who moans, and cries and laughs

He is so small, her child, the life begins

The baby grows so fast, he is so handsome

Look mama look, his first step

He looks with big eyes at everyone

Who stands around him

There shines hope, hope for living

In the eyes of every child

Without hope you cannot live

But you also don't stand alone

There are friends and family standing around you

He becomes the new drummer of the band

This boy bursting with talent

He dreams of a star that shines at the firmament

He knows what he wants and he works so intensely

Let him do, he'll get there

But he wants so much and he lives so very fast

And he sings:

I set hope, hope in life

I want to go do so much

Without hope I don't want to live

But I also don't stand alone

I have my friends and family around me

On a morning the world stands still

His fingers feel cold and chilly

He curses and cries and prays: they stay chilly

He knows what waits for him

This becomes a Way of the Cross that never passes

And the sun that will slowly go under

He looks at me and says:

Hope, hope makes life

I go on as long as I can

Without hope I don't want to live

But don't leave me alone now

I want friends and family around me

He has fought for his life

Like a lion he gave everything, the last hope

I hear children playing in the street

So carefree and full of mischief

They are the young life that goes further

The new hope!