Gold von den Sternen [English translation]

[Baroness of Waldstätten (spoken)]

I'd like to tell you a story:

There was once a king

Who lived with his son

In a castle

That stood in a magical garden

And because the king was old

And disappointed with the world

The wall was very tall

And the door was always locked

"There is," said the king

"No better place"

But the prince's longing told him

"You must leave here!"

On some nights gold falls from the stars

You can find it, somewhere

Where no one else has been

Existing means changing, living means learning

When you seek the gold from the stars

You must go into danger alone

"You'll be defeated out there"

The father told his son

"So be like me

And stay in our magical garden

I keep you safe

It's only to protect you

That the wall is so tall

And the door is always locked"

The king's love

Showed in every word

But the prince's longing told him

"You must leave here"

At the world's edge gold falls from the stars

And whoever finds it reaches

What was unreachable

Existing means changing, living means learning

When you seek the gold from the stars

You must go into danger alone

Love means sometimes you're able to let go

Love means sometimes lovers are parted

Love means not asking for your own happiness

Love means saying through your tears:

Far from here gold falls from the stars

You can find it, somewhere

Where no one else has been

Existing means changing, living means learning

When you seek the gold from the stars

You must leave your home

And it falls to you

To go alone into the world full of danger

Into the world full of danger!

• Artist:Mozart! (Musical)