Engel [Angel] 
Who in his lifetime is good on Earth  
Becomes after death an angel  
And you watching the sky ask yourself  
Why can't you see them 
First when the clouds go to sleep  
You can see us in the sky  
We are afraid and alone 
God knows I won't be an angel 
They live behind the horizon  
Divorced from us endless wide  
They must hold to the stars [firmly fixed] 
So that they don't fall from Heaven 
 
First when the clouds go to sleep  
You can see us in the sky  
We are afraid and alone 
 
God knows I won't be an angel 
God knows I won't be an angel 
God knows I won't be an angel 
 
First when the clouds go to sleep  
You can see us in the sky  
We are afraid and alone 
 
God knows I won't be an angel 
God knows I won't be an angel 
God knows I won't be an angel 
God knows I won't be an angel 
God knows I won't be an angel