Look how the wild swans journey
The path that only longing knows
As if they wanted to escape our narrow world
Up towards the blue firmament
Within the walls of the big city
Where the heart has a little home
It seems as if we're content
But time trickles away, and then we yearn
To be far away from here
Like the wild swans journey
Up towards the blue firmament
Like a rock that never moves
Like a tree that takes iron roots
We live full of contentment
But in reality, we dream
Ourselves far away from here
Like the wild swans journey
Up towards the blue firmament
As if they wanted to escape our narrow world
Up towards the blue firmament