Left foot placed in front,
The right one slid behind,
Turn on the spot now,
So that rings are woven.
Go on thus
Briskly and merrily!
First all in a row,
Then swiftly,
Hip-hooray and hop-hooray!
If the shoe pinches, your foot hurts.

Let go and face each other
Both with your backs,
Quickly turn! Then again to press
Each other arm in arm.
Laugh and look,
Deftly catch each other,
And then twirl
Until you grow dizzy,
Hip-hooray and hop-hooray!
If the shoe pinches, your foot hurts.

Lift your hands! higher yet!
So that the next pair
Can bow and slip through the open arch
And not harm a hair on their head.
Friedel kneels,
The darling spins
Around him
In a circle,
Hip-hooray and hop-hooray!
If the shoe pinches, your foot hurts.

Lad, cause the girl to become heated,
Clasp her around her bodice,
Swing her high with your strong arm,
Set her down gently,
And in good honour,
No girl may
Deny you
Kisses,
Hip-hooray and hop-hooray!
If the shoe pinches, your foot hurts.

Girls, whatever may split and rip,
Mother shall quickly sew it up,
She, too, knows what it means to dance
At Whitsun by the linden tree.
Even if
Your hair is loosened,
Let it fly
And wave about,
Hip-hooray and hop-hooray!
If the shoe pinches, your foot hurts.