Waldrandlichter [English translation]

He's still a small boy

His curiosity gives him stability

He never carried his heart on his tongue

His parent's house is right in front of the forest

One day he walked behind it

to where the tall trees stand

But they got their hands on him

And the tears immediately started flowing

At the lunch table, there was a look

His father was always strict

on the hiding places he built

Soon it became too crowded for everyone

His family sent him

like this to a boarding school

Let them educate him

He was only there for two weeks

Because he always wanted to go

where he wasn't allowed to go

And when he was ready to leave

He went without turning around

And he's building himself a hut

Where the forest whooshes like surf

He imagines that the field is the sea

And he goes out

It got more peaceful as the years went by

in the multi-family house

The days were like glass

Too simple to see through

Were soon in the net of the small town

All roads gone

And after a much too long winter

In rains so warm in April

So he ran out of his room

To catch a glimpse of the horizon

He stood where the streets shimmer

Then he was never seen again