“Ze kunnen de merel bang maken, maar ze kunnen hem niet laten stoppen met zingen, ook al jatten ze de honing, de angel krijgen ze er niet uit, ze zijn druk om de bloemen te verdelgen, alles te vertrappen wat leeft, maar de lente kunnen ze niet tegenhouden”. They can’t stop the spring van de Ierse groep Derwish, Eurovisie songfestival 2007:
They can’t stop the spring
The curtain has been raised
The wall no longer stands
And from Lisadell to Latvia
We’re singing as one clan
The curtain has been raised
And Europe’s all one stage
And the archipelagic icicles
Have melted like the cage
We don’t need no party
Just a party band
A continental choir
Singing hand in hand
They might scare the blackbird
But they cannot stop him sing
They may steal the honey
But they’ll never steal the sting
They may crush the flowers
Trample every living thing
But they can’t stop the spring
They might scare the blackbird
But they cannot stop him sing
They may steal the honey
But they’ll never steal the sting
They may crush the flowers
Trample every living thing
But they can’t stop the spring
They might scare the blackbird
But they cannot stop him sing
They may steal the honey
But they’ll never steal the sting
They may crush the flowers
Trample every living thing
But they can’t stop the spring