Honey English translation
von Peter Alexander

Can you see the birch tree standing there?
Oh yes, it's as slender and beautiful as it was.
She planted it and said: ‘Don't laugh!
It's still growing - very quickly, in fact.
Then the snow soon came. And she ran there
And shook all the leaves free in fear.
Then I laughed. She was sad because it hurt her.

She was always quick and young.
She was so full of enthusiasm. And she was never angry.
I gave her a little chicken,
Which she then let me play with. Yes, she was like that.
And how embarrassed she was,
When I came home late and asked: ‘Was it nice?’
I knew exactly,
She had watched a sad and beautiful film while crying.


Oh, Hanney, I miss you. I'm so alone.
It will never be as nice as it was with you again...

She drove out in my car.
And then she came home on foot and said: ‘Bad luck!...’
At first I got very upset and shouted. She was trembling.
Then I kissed her and said: ‘’Tin...‘’
But suddenly, yes, I realised,
She cried silently and agonised when I couldn't see it.
It was on a spring day with the scent of flowers and the sound of finches,
When that happened...

Oh, Hanney, I miss you. I am so alone.
It will never be as beautiful as it was with you again...

She just said: ‘See you soon...’ to me.
I left, then the angels quietly joined her.
She was so beautiful. She was so young.
She left me all alone with the memory.

Can you see the birch tree standing there?
Oh yes, it is as slender and beautiful as it was...