Aus ferner Zeit [English translation]

Preserved for a long time within the bosom1 of the earth,

enclosed in stone, she was conserved.2

Giving witness to days past,

carried into our time!

She praises their3 old knowledge indeed,

as she already was interpreted back then.

What they interpreted, the old wise men,4

points into times to come as well!

When she was created for the first time

she emerged out of the firy embers

to show humankind the path,

she being their most holy property.

How understood?

What does her

legacy mean?

His avowal!

Even though she remained hidden for a long time,

the worries are known through time.

The eyes filled with hope, looking up to the sky,

since time immemorial it shows fate to humans.

Preserved for a long time within the bosom of the earth,

enclosed in stone, she was conserved.

Giving witness to days past,

carried into our time!

She praises their old knowledge indeed,

as she already was interpreted back then.

What they interpreted, the old wise men,

points into times to come as well!

How understood?

What does her

legacy mean?

His avowal!

1. lit. "lap"2. or "it (the earth) conserved it". The song doesn't explain what she/it refers to; could be a person or a thing3. or "her"4. or "How she/they interpreted the wise men"