Mein letztes Lied [English translation]

Why then should my last song

Be sad?

Every goodbye is a beginning,

Leaving a liberation.

My last song

Sings the praises of Peace

And the Love that wants nothing

Very profound, very honest, very quiet

What is left to be said

Before we go our own ways

Is hard to put in words

And yet is easy to understand

I'm full of gratitude.

What I found here I won't lose

And when I have to go then I just go

With a smile on my face.

Why then should my last song

Be sad?

Every goodbye is a beginning,

Leaving a liberation.

My last song

Sings the praises of Peace

And the Love that wants nothing

Very profound, very honest, very quiet

My heart's a sailing boat

Swaying on wild waves

I'm through with battling

That's why I won't be conquered.

I haven't reached my goal yet

But I'm beginning to understand:

It's good the way it is

Even when its sense eludes us.

Why then should my last song

Be sad?

Every goodbye is a beginning,

Leaving a liberation.

My last song

Sings the praises of Peace

And the Love that wants nothing

Very profound, very honest, very quiet

Each life is a river

That still has to find its course.

It's often hard, yet in the end

All rivers flow into the sea.

Why then should my last song

Be sad?

Every goodbye is a beginning,

Leaving a liberation.

My last song

Sings the praises of Peace

And the Love that wants nothing

Very profound, very honest, very quiet

Why then should my last song

Be sad?