Mein Apfelbäumchen English translation
von Reinhard Mey

I don't even know how to begin
So many thoughts and my heart is overflowing
So many feelings are crowding in at the same time
Joy and humility and gratitude
In the arms of the mother who holds you in silence
You blink carefully into the light of the world
In your first morning and I think
"This is my child, what a gift"
When all hopes wither
With you I start all over again
And achieve the unattainable, yes, I can
You are the apple tree that I plant
Look around, now you are part of the world
That constantly questions itself
Where people destroy their living space
Persistently ignore every warning
A place of contradictions, poor and rich
Full of bitter need and abundance at the same time


A place of war, a place full of suffering
Where people lack nothing more than humanity
When all hopes wither
With you I start all over again
And achieve the unattainable, yes, I can
You are the apple tree that I plant
You are a light in uncertain times
A way out of hopelessness
Like a signal to continue on the path
To continue to overcome challenges
Where many things are full of doubt, some things are despairing
A child makes you forget all doubts
In a world that is aimless and drifting
Children are the only hope we have left
When all hopes wither
With you I start all over again
And achieve the unattainable, yes, I can
You are the apple tree that I plant