Rabenballade [English translation]

Three ravens proud sat on a tree

Oh woe, oh woe, oh grief, oh woe!

Three ravens proud sat on a tree

They were as black as ebony

They were as black as ebony

One of them said: Companion mine,

Where are we to on this day dine?

There on the ground in the green field

A hero rests beneath his shield

A hero rests beneath his shield

His hounds too lie not far from him

Keeping watch by their fallen lord

His falcons circle over him

No other bird dares to come near

No other bird dares to come near

Then came to him a gentle doe

Her loved one resting there she saw

Lifted his head from blood so red

Beloved that she kissed was dead

Beloved that she kissed was dead

She buried him by break of dawn

By evening found death of her own

Ah Mighty Lord let us all have

Such falcons, hounds and such beloved

Such falcons, hounds and such beloved