Krone der Schöpfung [English translation]

There is so much to see

You want to understand it all

You ask your questions

Everything is new to you

You ask why and for what reason

But here they all remain silent

What can one respond

To your questions

Innocent and honest

And yet dangerous

For one day

You, too, will know who you are

Then you will gamble in vain

In the game of life

for a few points more

for a better score

You're born

You're lost

In this maelstrom

Called life

You'll become like me

or him or this one

But whatever you'll become

It won't make a difference any more

It's the time that you've got left

that drives you on

You're on the way from

Nothing to eternity

It's the suffering that you see

That bewilders you

On your way

Crown of Creation

Soon you'll become

Like the rest of us

You are on the way

You are pure

You are a child

But you grow old

You turn cold

And won't understand

Why you're alive

Crown of Creation

Blinders on

Stolidly straight ahead

Find a partner

And come upon happiness

Be the last one in the running

One meter forward

And two back again

Who knows the values

Where is the savant

Where is the power

That puts us in our place

Yes, life is fleeting

is individual

Who knows what matters

Why the world turns