I. Song of the Forest

You loaf, child of the forest, / beneath a village umbrella, / plucking from tender string a / Song of the forest. / Me, away from home, run- / away, must leave the borders of our / land, fruitful fields, / must leave our homeland. // But you, child of the forest, / loaf beneath an umbrella, / teaching the woods to sing a / song of the forest.