Excelsis - Wissi Bärge lyrics

On the white and snow-covered mountains a fire blazes And watches over us It waits for the ghosts to arrive through the cold night You will see... the white mountains There lies the snow That will never melt There our ancestors live and are content Glory and honor will endure Yes, on these snow-covered mountains, I want to gain strength I look to the sky, I look into the night That is the dark and peculiar might