An ice sheet on Earth, an ice sheet! All the year long! As if there’s no spring, no summer, The planet dressed in something slippery, People falling slam onto the ice. Even when flying around the planet, Not touching it with their feet - If not one then the other will fall - Ice sheet on the Earth, ice sheet! - Boots trampling across it, trampling. An ice sheet on Earth, an ice sheet! As if there’s no spring, no summer! People falling slam onto the ice! Ice sheet on the Earth, ice sheet! Ice sheet all the year long.
© H. William Tjalsma. Translation, 1982