Sleep, sleep

close your eyes and fly away

Sleep, sleep

I am here with you 


Here comes the wolf, howling at the door

Here comes the wolf to carry you away

But he hears my song and runs back to his wood

He will come back no more 


Sleep, sleep.. 


Here comes Death, with her blood-stained skull

Here comes Death to carry you away

But she hears my song and cannot get through

She will come back no more 


Sleep, sleep... 


(hòro ninni hòro ninni hòro)