Wolfslied [Vargsången] [English translation]

The wolf howls ferociously in the woods by night

He can't sleep for hunger

And his den is bitterly cold

He lusts for fat sheep

O Wolf, o wolf, don't come hither

My child you shall have nevermore

The wolf howls ferociously in the woods by night

He howls and laments for hunger

But I give him a pig's tail

That shall fit in his stomach

O Wolf, o wolf, don't come hither

My child you shall have nevermore

O Wolf, o wolf, don't come hither

My child you shall have nevermore

The wolf howls ferociously in the woods by night

And can't find a bite to eat

But I shall give him a cockrel's comb

That shall make his throat burst

O Wolf, o wolf, don't come hither

My child you shall have nevermore

Sleep, my child, in mother's bed

And let the wolf howl away

For if none before has taken them

I shall give him some chicken legs

O Wolf, o wolf, don't come hither

My child you shall have nevermore

O Wolf, o wolf, don't come hither

My child you shall have nevermore