Der Baum des Lebens English translation
von Peter Maffay

In spring, I'm restlessly counting the days
And feel that life awakens me once again
Ì'm proud when I'm bearing the first blossoms
Which the sun soon will let grow to ripe fruits

In summer I'll gather the sunbeams
And beside me some people
Will lay their weary head down to rest
When my leaves picture shadows
They'll sing to the wind
And I'll listen to their songs

I'll give the birds their home
The bees flying in and out
All those who are coming to me
Won't make their journey in vain
(Not in vain)

I need the world, the air and the light
And until my last branch is breaking
I'll be the tree of life for all of us
I'll be the tree of life for all of us


In autumn the storms will bend me
And I'll give to this world all the prettiest colours
Watch my leaves, they're flying high in the wind
And I know that their joy will make it more easy
To say Goodbye

In winter there's snow on my branches
And I feel eternity in some peaceful moment
I'm regaining strength during my silence
And will soon give it back thousandfold

I'll give to the birds their home
The bees flying in and out
All those who are coming to me
Won't make their journey in vain
(Not in vain

I need the earth, the air and the light
And until my last branch is breaking
I''ll be the tree of life for everyone
I'll be the tree of life for everyone

*Did you mean to sleep that long'?
Tabaluga woke up and looked around
*Where are you'? he wondered
'Above you, beside you, underneath you'


Now Tabaluga realized
That it was a tree, talking with him
'Somewhere you'll also take roots
You just ought to know to where you belong'
Said the tree

Then suddenly, something passed by
An animal, yellow and black
Was jumping quickly round the dragon
Although it was by far smaller than him
It still resembled him very much

'I am Pyromella, a fire salamander
More precisely, a female fire salamander'
Tabaluga liked the tender voice
And the word 'fire' excited him very much

'I'll show you my beam of fire
Because I'm in fact Tabaluga, the dragon, you know'
Just with effort, Pyromella could hold back the dragon
'Your fire would burn me up
We'll have to be sensible'

Her voice now sounded kind of sad
Tabaluga also became very silent
'But if we cannot be friends
Then, at least, we wouldn't like to be enemies