Nur Ein Traum [English translation]

Decomposing on rotten gallows

since forever,

murdered and forgotten,

is justice.

Afraid in dark dungeon

feeling real bad

lies ill and malnourished

courage that went missing.

Who has a lot,

will gain more

rich and the devil will rejoice.

Give presents to the strong,

fleece the weak

and crucify the real poor.

Hanging by the bowels,

it cannot scream anymore,

it dies on the tower's battlements

the compassion.

Brutally flogged on the wheel

violence rules,

and with wild cheers breaks

the solidarity.

On the pyre that went cold

the light disappears

burned to soot and ash,

our confidence.

Stretched on a rack

it's already ready

to lie in our face,

the naked truth.

Our bodies also dangle

up high on the tree

It's not to the life we cling,

but rather to a dream.

We don't hang on the gallows

or on the rope,

but to the desperate belief

in justice and luck.