Nu mak mi nich dat Hart so buck!
Un lach doch mal! un frei di mal!
An Heben singt de Lurken smuck,
Int Holt de Nachtigal.

Don’t make me sad! Don’t make me sigh!
Come on now! Laugh! Think something good!
How sweet the lark’s song in the sky,
The nightingale’s in the wood!

Wat sühst du deep int Abendroth?
Dat Gras is grön! un Blöm de Füll!
De Vageln singt ut Æwermoth,
Un du büst bleek un still.

What’s that you see in the setting sun?
The grass is green, and flowers bloom!
Birds are singing, having fun,
And you are all pallor and gloom.