Miller, take care!
Keep an eye on the wheat, the barley, the grain,
On the flour in the sacks!
The field mouse behind and the water-mouse in front
Are licking their lips greedily;
They burrow tunnels and shafts to the storehouse.
     Miller, take care!

     Miller, take care!
The river otter lurks at the mill wier,
Nimbly glides into the waves;
It will empty your carp-holder,
Steal your colourful trout,
Even the pike shall be killed,
     Miller, take care!

     Miller, take care!
Keep an eye on the field, I counsel you well,
If you want the green seedlings to develop!
The rabbit is enjoying the cabbages,
Along with two audacious bunnies.
Look at how he points [his ears], how he stands up on his hind legs.
     Miller, take care!

     Miller, take care!
Keep an eye on the scented red clover
There upon the mountain slope!
See with what craving the brown deer
Looks out from the twilit forest,
How it comes forth [from the woods] softly and quietly.
     Miller, take care!

     Miller, take care!
Keep an eye on the doves in the dovecote,
On the hens in the coop;
The fox is slipping through the hedges and groves,
The tomcat is licking its claws,
Martens and polecats murder by night.
     Miller, take care!

     Miller, take care!
When a gentle voice entices in the night
Behind the lilacs, the dense lilacs,
A gallant stag leaps over the fence on you,
Snacking on forbidden fruits.
The moon hides itself, there is whispering, there is laughing --
     Miller, take care!