"Therefore I have left the birch tree,

Left the birch tree only growing,

Home for thee for joyous singing;

Call thou here, O sweet-voiced cuckoo,

Sing thou here from throat of velvet,

Sing thou here with voice of silver,

Sing the cuckoo's golden flute-notes;

Call at morning, call at evening,

Call within the hour of noontide,

For the better growth of forests,