Wir Haben ein Gesetz,
Und nach dem Gesetz soll er sterben.
The dowsed coals fume and hiss after your meal
Of grilled brook trout, and you saunter off for a walk
Down the fern trail. It doesn't matter where to,
“We have a law, and according to the law, he must die” in German. This line comes from Martin Luther’s German translation of the Gospel of John, though here Hecht uses it as the Nazis' justification for the murders of so many innocents.
The Book of Yolek