Time to be going,
I say goodbye to David.
We embraced, he follows after,
Not everyone can love like this —
He does not yet know love, yet lives by love.

Already in the corridor, he holds
By the hand,
On the street he will not let go,
He cannot even imagine
Parting,
I embrace him again,
And he embraces.

You won’t believe it, together with my grandson
Far off in my affairs I try my fortune,
For I consider the greatest gain
On life’s path
That in thought and in heart
He is constantly with me.