The main armies defeated
Remains are heading West
Towards the safety of the Reich
Weary and distressed
Between them and the homeland
Lies one final obstacle
A pa**age through the Carpaths
Known as impenetrable
Few challenging pa**es
Ravines dark and deep
Ascending 2000 meters
Where roads are bad and steep
Units without officers
Deserters, refugees
Deserters from imprisonment
Over threatening white peaks
From imprisonment
Nowhere light, nowhere shelter
Not a sign of life
A desolate dreary region
No-one can survive
The vanishing, the misdemeanors
The crimes against mankind
The last halts of abundance
They left them far behind
Fury figures wrapped in grey blankets
Will-less eyes gaze into nothingness
Stare through this pathetic procession
A long cortege of infatuation
Tired sullen faces
Feet blistered and sore
Their clothing is threadbare
Soles tied up with cords
A mountain range afflicted by the cold
Icy winds bring horizontal snow
Raging winds at the Carpathian Inferno
A lump of snow is looming
Alongside of the track
The tombstone of two comrades
Who died silent, back to back
Faces remain nameless
Wheels crush splintered bones
Frozen d**h is painless
On this god-forgotten road