Jeder Tannenbaum möcht ein Christbaum sein [English translation]

At last it's Christmas, the tree in the garden

Looks quite dreamy and can hardly wait

It dreams of candlelight and angel hair

And had dreamt of it already last year

It saw through the window how happy the children were

When the silver bells ring on the tree

I can understand the tree quite well

It doesn't want to stand bare in our garden

[Chorus:]

Every tree1would like to be a Christmas tree

When around the world it's Christmas

An angel goes at night through the winter forest

And searches out the most beautiful

"Why am I not in the forest?" the little tree asked me

I said, "I will fulfill your dream."

Our little tree will be a Christmas tree

And just for me alone

⎡A letter to the Christkind,2 I already know what I'll write

Hang all the stars on its green branches

And turn all the lights in the sky on

So that an angel can find it

I stood at the window, wide-eyed

And always knew you have to believe in miracles

My tree stood so grand and beautiful

But this miracle I alone saw

Chorus⎦

1. "Tannenbaum" strictly means "fir tree" in Modern German. A Christmas tree may well, of course, be spruce (traditional, original), fir (commoner now) or pine.2. Cristkind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christkind

• Artist:Stefanie Hertel