Dance song

Pipe and horns, bass and violins,

they make such bright sound!

Lads and girls wind the round dance,

adding their voices to the tune.

Merrily, merrily, about the linden,

as the musicians play;

but with the most beautiful girl

dances the forester's handsome son.

Sitting at the tables alone

cheerful students,

no one in the whole village,

thinks ill of the lad.

His brown hair blows in the wind,

his dark eyes blaze;

there with the most beautiful girl

dances the forester's handsome son.

Your fetching manner would have

never bound heart and mind!

Tomorrow, it will likely be gone,

but, oh! The desire is there.

The night passes quickly,

off in the east dawn already glows,

but with the most beautiful girl

dances the forester's handsome son.