I was once swimming on the surface
Swimming on the surface
And there I vanished
Never again my mother
Never at all in all your lifetime
Mix the bread dough with this water
Never again my mother
Never at all in all your lifetime
Use the new homeplace of your daughter
I was once swimming on the surface
Swimming on the surface
And there I vanished
Never again my father
Never at all in all your lifetime
Pull a fish out of this water
Never again my father
Never at all in all your lifetime
Cast your net over the back of your daughter
Wherever you see water flow
There my blood's flowing too
Wherever you see fishes swim
There my soul's swimming too