Say goodbye brothers uncertain... Farewell to Kölle

...All return is uncertain - The future lies in darkness - And makes our hearts heavy..."

Bullshit! - That may well be the first line of the German translation of the old Scottish folk orphan. And yes, saying goodbye is not always easy. And yet we don't want to believe that the future lies in darkness. On the contrary, the sun is rising...

But the song also has lines that I can identify with. These for example

Say goodbye brothers - Close the circle

Since this song is sung as a farewell song in the Wandervogel and Boy Scout movements, I have often stood in a circle to it. But I like this following line best. 

Life is a game - and he who knows how to play it right - reaches the great goal..."

In the last weeks we are asked again and again what our goal is. - "Let us drift" is the most frequent answer. Of course there are partial goals, we will continue to report. But we also want to let ourselves drift consciously. So far, we have discovered the most beautiful things by following tips we heard along the way. We want to keep it that way. - Soon we will start.

But now it's time for friends, for family. - Time to say goodbye. Goodbye to Micha, Lotte and Rolf, Gaby and Thomas, Helen and Marco, Uta and Thiemo, Mira and Dirk, Sandra and Achim, Dagmar and Uwe, Susanne and Oliver, the kids. - Farewell to mother. - Goodbye to the parents-in-law. - Stay, stay healthy!

But goodbye also to Steve and Pink. The latter are now hanging on the wall of good friends. At least until we decide to settle down again. But the song is also about saying goodbye to the dead. To commemorate the deceased, it is traditionally sung in England at the turn of the year.

Good bye Dad, miss you.