In almost all contexts I'd translate it as "early bird catches the worm". Maybe there is another common English idiom that matches, but the semantics are very s

In almost all contexts I'd translate it as "early bird catches the worm". Maybe there is another common English idiom that matches, but the semantics are very similar. "You snooze you lose" is another option I found. Both don't carry the lyrical aspect. Translating idioms is hard.