Herzblut

My heart wants to bleed
And never rest
My heart wants to beat
In the rhythm of the waves and the flood
My heart wants to burn
As hot as embers
Flows the blood of my heart

Why does every hour make me so anxious?
Life is short, the day is long
And the heart always longs away
I'm not sure if it's towards heaven

But it wants to go further and further
And wants to flee from itself
And if it flies to the beloved's chest
There it rests in heaven unconsciously

My heart wants to bleed
And never rest
My heart wants to beat
In the rhythm of the waves and the flood
My heart wants to burn
As hot as embers
Flows the blood of my heart
Heartblood, Heartblood
As hot as embers
Heartblood, Heartblood
Flows the blood of my heart

The whirlpool of life tears it away
And it always hangs in one place
What it wanted, what it lost
In the end, it remains its own gate
My heart wants to bleed