Oh Father, what do you see?
Are you well pleased in me?
I always longed to be
Worthy of the faith you put in me, and
It would make me sad if I should let you down,
I only wish to make you proud, but
I鈥檇 really like to play with the children now.
Am I allowed?
For a moment to go out?
Mary, still a little girl now,
Mary, play as much as you can,
Mary, you already know how,
To play the hearts of men, like a harp.
You鈥檙e still so young,
You have so much ahead of you.
Big things await you still,
Oh, if you only knew, but
Maybe it is better that you don鈥檛,
While you鈥檙e sleeping undisturbed by anything,
It鈥檚 still so early in the morning,
Only cowbells ring,
Soon the birds will start to sing.
Mary, you鈥檙e growing up now,
Mary, soon your time will come,
Mary, you already know how,
To make sound the hearts of men like a drum, beating.