Liedtext schlaflied max raabe biography

At the South Pole sits a penguin and it looks, if its glacier melts

A zebra counts its stripes carefully, until it gets tired

Flocks of cranes rise and move towards the sea

A panda couple looks after it with longing

But you, my darling must go to sleep,

because stars are already in the sky,

the sun has long been in Agadir

You, my darling must go to sleep,

the earth will keep turning,

close your eyes, then a dream comes to you

Venus watches over everything that happens in space

The moon puts on his glasses and doesn't believe what he sees

Secretly a small Swiss mountain dog in Bern is watching TV for a little while

In Cairo, a big crocodile swallows a popsicle

In the ocean the fish are silent, clams rest in the sand

The whale is still blowing bubbles, far, far to the land

But you, my darling must go to sleep,

because stars are already in the sky,

the sun has long been in Agadir

You, my darling, must go to slee