Kalte Spuren [English translation]

Dawn drives away the night,

Bells ring, birds sing.

From bad dreams I awaken,

I just lay there and wait.

Just now you smile at me,

shining still like the brightest light,

suddenly darkness and cold,

the pain eats away at me inside.

When did your eyes turn away

from mine?

How could you forget

what so closely bound us together?

Where has it gone, that love,

which lasts forever?

In the cold ashes I have searched for your

tracks – (I) have lost you!

Very slowly I collect myself,

try to not think of you,

take my mind off of it through work,

however I see always only you.

I find a letter from you,

you wrote it to me many years ago,

images of remembrance,

nothing can protect me from it.

Already it becomes dark again, the moon

shone pale light, I hear your

voice feeling, how something shatters.

Dawn drives away the night,

Bells ring, birds sing,

tender buds blossom,

darkness becomes light.