Vertaling van: Trijntje Oosterhuis - Je Zit Op Rozen

You get out of bed and you carefully walk with your eyes closed
It's dark in the house and you're looking for the light switch
Half asleep you bump your head and you feel your way to the closet
You pull a sweater from the pile and you put it on backwards

You take a sprint down the stairs but you don't see your shoes
You scramble up and you're lucky just in time for a quick breakfast
And yet you don't whine because

You're sitting on roses
Although sometimes something trivial goes wrong
Intermittent
You see how beautiful life is

You have a fine when you're just late at your car
And for the umpteenth time you are stuck with your wheel in a clamp
Like a rocket to the office and back to your boss in no time
And yet you don't whine because You're sitting on roses
Although sometimes something trivial goes wrong
Intermittent
You see how beautiful life is

You shrug your shoulders
You walk on whistling
And every setback
You parry with a smile

You look at yourself and think:
I love life
It's all just relative

You're sitting on roses
Just because you were born here

You're sitting on roses
Although sometimes something trivial goes wrong
Intermittent
Do you see how beautiful life is?
You're sitting on roses
Although sometimes things go terribly wrong
Intermittent
You see how beautiful life is