Salz der Erde [English translation]

Winter is here again

A winter so dark and cold

There's a wind blowing from the north

Bringing hunger, death and violence

Soil is covering waste land

A land that's been dead for so long

It's feeding neither peace nor fire

It's only meting out poverty and want

I am the salt of the earth

I'm turning plough to sword

I turn down the breast

You offered to feed me

The war has gone forth

Nothing kept it here

The country's soaked in blood

From wounds that will never heal

And the cock crowed once more

But the pain remained.

A new dawn is breaking

That has driven away all your dreams

I am the salt of the earth

I'm turning plough to sword

I turn down the breast

You offered to feed me (3x)