A strong eht or ock dominates the sound,
But is no rougher than a gravel walk.
The laow and itz fall on the tongue like butter.
Stress your consonants: you are speaking German
Now. This is a language fuelled by meaning.
Like building blocks you can create new words
Out of old ones; there can be any amount
Of interpretation in compound nouns.
If you feel like you’re chewing something
You know you’re doing it right. And if you miss
The familiar eszett (ß) in ‘possession’
Ö in ‘lose’, schatz in ‘dear’, or pronouncing
Every part of ‘kn’ in ‘known’, you’ll know
What it means to be lost in translation.
