Lume, lume [English translation]

Dear world, oh world,

Dear world, oh world,

When do I get fed with you

When do I get fed with you

world, sisterly world?

When the will the fast* for bread

And the little** glass leave me?

Dear world, oh world!

Maybe then will I be fed (with it)

Maybe then will I be fed,

When the plank will bend***

When the plank will bend

World, dear world,

When they would be digging,(4)

And I would not be standing,

World, dear world!

Cause this is the world, passing,

Cause this is the world, passing,

One is born, the other dies,

One is born, the other dies,

World, dear world,

That who borns is grieved

That who dies is rotted

World, dear world!

Cause this is the world, passing

One is born, the other dies,

World, dear world,

That who borns is grieved

That who dies is rotted

World, dear world!

• Artist:Maria Tănase