Insekten im Eis English translation
von Jennifer Rostock

We lay clueless in the grass which also grows
When time is standing still and silent
Defying raindrops, dawn, staring up at the clouds
But the air got cold and late

We let our wishes fly
Like kites but without the cord
If we tried to grab it later
We only grasped at nothing

And the Winter came and everything was white
We were caught like insects in the ice

A shy look, a new trick
You're Adam, I am Eve - just with red hair
The doubts bore fruits and we let ourselves be seduced
Even if the fruits were forbidden

Around your smile an icy wind already blew
I looked one time too often and got blind


And the Winter came and everything was white
We were caught like insects in the ice
With salt in the eyelashes, with thunderous ears
and we have lost all our colors
And then winter came and everything was white
We were caught like insects in the ice
Insects in the ice

We warmed our hands at conversations
And got cold feet from wanting too much
We remained seated and the plans remained sketched
Left gaps in the protocols

And the conversations became fragile like limp leaves
With the last sentence you spoke, I became deaf

I didn't recognize myself when I was in bloom
I didn't recognize myself
I was ..... when I was in blossom
I didn't recognize myself
And only at the end I understood
The blossoms were autumn crocuses and poisonous

And then winter came and everything was white
I am still waiting today for the ice to melt

And then winter came and everything was white
We were caught like insects in the ice
With salt in the eyelashes, with thunderous ears
And we lost all our colors


We were caught like insects in the ice
We were biased and scared and abandoned