Wenn ein Mensch lebt [English translation]

When a man lives for a short time

the world says that he goes too early.

When a man lives for a long time

the world says it is time.

My girlfriend is beautiful

when I got up, she went away

Don't wake her up before she's moving

I lay myself in her shadow

Anything has its time

To collect stones

To scatter stones

To plant trees

To chop down trees

To live and to die and to fight

When a man lives for a short time

the world says that he goes too early.

When a man lives for a long time

the world says it is time for him to go

Anything has its time

To collect stones

To scatter stones

To plant trees

To chop down trees

To live and to die and peace and strife

Don't wake her up before she's moving

I lay myself in her shadow

When a man lives for a short time

the world says that he goes too early.

Don't wake her up before she's moving

I lay myself in her shadow

My girlfriend is beautiful

when I got up, she went away

Don't wake her up before she's moving

I lay myself in her shadow