These are the dawns
That King David sang about
Today because it is your saint’s day
We are singing to you here
Wake up my dear, wake up
See that already dawn has come
And the little birds are singing
The moon has already set
How pretty is the morning
In which I come to greet you
We all come with joy
And pleasure to congratulate you!
On the day that you were born
All the flowers were born
And in the baptismal font
The nightingales sang
Already dawn is arriving
Now it has given us the light of day.
Get up this morning
See what dawn has now brought
(I would like to be a little ray of sunlight
To enter through your window
And greet you with Good Morning
Lying in your bed)
Of the stars in the heavens
I have to bring down two
One is to greet you
And the other is to say good-bye
Four doves flew
From all the towns
Today because it is your saint's day
We want to congratulate you
(I would like to be a St. John
I would like to be a St. Peter
To come to greet you
With the music of heaven)
With jasmine and flowers
Today I come to greet you
Today because it is your saint’s day
We come to sing to you.