Zum Meer [English translation]

Who designed you, who desired you,

ordered you and picked you up?

Who lost their heart to you?

Why were you born,

who gave birth to you?

Who ached for you,

who made you lean on him,

accepted you as you are,

so that you lose your homesickness,

so that you lose your homesickness

Repent, repent ¹

Turn your cross to the storm ²

Will you be reconciled?

Will you allow yourself to be made free for the journey to the sea?

Who takes your place in the scheme of things?

Only those who fall can fly as well

Who helps you so that you learn to grieve

removes you not from your situation,

removes you not from your situation

Repent, repent

Forget your guilt, your emptiness

Turn to the wind until it takes you

far away to the sea,

you know where you are going

Repent, repent

Turn your cross to the storm

Go redeemed, reconciled, strengthened

Made free for the journey to the sea

made free for the journey to the sea

Made free for the journey to the sea