Dear world, oh world,
Dear world, oh world,
When do I get fed with you
When do I get fed with you
world, sisterly world?
When the will the fast* for bread
And the little** glass leave me?
Dear world, oh world!
Maybe then will I be fed (with it)
Maybe then will I be fed,
When the plank will bend***
When the plank will bend
World, dear world,
When they would be digging,(4)
And I would not be standing,
World, dear world!
Cause this is the world, passing,
Cause this is the world, passing,
One is born, the other dies,
One is born, the other dies,
World, dear world,
That who borns is grieved
That who dies is rotted
World, dear world!
Cause this is the world, passing
One is born, the other dies,
World, dear world,
That who borns is grieved
That who dies is rotted
World, dear world!