This bloody battle I got on the brain -
Death our names was calling...
And from the sky, like a soundless rain,
Stars kept on falling.

Another went down and I wished not to die,
Not to be killed in that action...
That’s how my life to the star I could tie -
A stupid connection...

We were pushed forward, they ordered us: ”Fight!
Spare no shells, no soldiers!”
Here the second star fell from its height
Straight on your shoulders.

This shooting was over and luck took my part -
Seems like I’ve drawn three sevens...
Here a stray star shot me in the heart
Straight from the heavens...

Stars in the sky are like fish in the sea -
Each man can get his packet...
Had I not fallen I’d also receive
A star on my jacket.

I could have given this star to my boy -
Come, sonny, fetch it...
A star in the sky shines so timid and coy -
There’s no one to catch it...