Plume [English translation]

I started this mad race of mine as if swept away by the wind

And I’ve been floating floating floating floating on air ever since

Escaping conjecture, I craved adventure –

Though I’m only featherweight, let me aim straight for the moon

And I can hear the laughter at my passage,

I’m too fragile, or so it might appear,

But since criticism doesn’t stick to plumage,

Being a feather makes things easier.

And when I fall, in my dreams I see the hot air lifting me,

A swallow swooshing down to bring me back up on a wing.

Having known only shadow and long winter nights,

Now I want to meet the sun and see what it’s like.

Just see what it’s like

Just see what it’s like

And so I go on and if I’m to get lost, I don’t care,

As long as I float float float float float on air;

Escaping solitude, I craved altitude –

Featherlight, lead balloon, happiness is better than fortune.

And I can hear the laughter at my passage,

I’m too fragile, or so it might appear,

But since criticism doesn’t stick to plumage,

Being a feather makes things easier.

And when I fall, in my dreams I see the hot air lifting me,

A swallow swooshing down to bring me back up on a wing.

Having known only shadow and long winter nights,

Now I want to meet the sun and see what it’s like.

Just see what it’s like

Just see what it’s like

And when I fall into the void

I have no more doubts,

It’s my joy that’s holding me up,

And if I’m wrong, so be it,

I won’t regret a thing.

My only focus right now is today,

It’s too late for yesterday,

And tomorrow is still far away.

And if I get burned, so be it…

And when I fall, in my dreams I see the hot air lifting me,

A swallow swooshing down to bring me back up on a wing.

Having known only shadow and long winter nights,

Now I want to meet the sun and see what it’s like.

And when I fall, in my dreams I see the hot air lifting me,

A swallow swooshing down to bring me back up on a wing.

Having known only shadow and long winter nights,

Now I want to meet the sun and see what it’s like.

Just see what it’s like

Just see what it’s like