Because the sleeping men
won't hurt their enemies
Oh that the night may come, oh that the night may come
And because the men who are lying down
Will neither raise their fist nor an army
Oh that the night come, oh that the night come
May the night of time come
May the time of night come
May the camp of the sleeping men finally be there
May the night come first
May first come the night
May the time of the sleeping men come
Because the sleeping men
Make a rising sun out of love
Oh that the night come, oh that the night come
A because the men
Who are slumbering
Are all a bit fragile
Are all a bit alike