Even when I cannot see them
there are ships in the bend
of the river, which keeps flowing and flowing

I'm thinking of your friends, the people
you talk to and eat with, and how
you're laughing and laughing together

The alarm sounds – nothing wrong
it's twelve o'clock, the monthly test
There is no news on the radio, no news

At night you came and woke me up:
mummy, I slept so well!
Hmm, fine, come and lie with me, lie with me

Whisper the two things I want to know:
what do you give to the ones you care about
and what else are your wishes, your dearest wishes?

In the east, the moon rises
dark in the shadow
of the earth, which starts to shine and shine