When the world suddenly burst into flame
They went along pathless tracts
Through the sleeping forest
With the rhythm of young hearts
Time measured
Restless days.
Somewhere remained the smoke of camp fires,
The dust of crossed paths,
The shadow of a gray fog...
Only a white cross in the field
Doesn't remember anymore
Who's sleeping beneath it...
(Refrain:)
Like a thought from bygone years,
Like the trace of memories
Today returns
The remembrance of those who aren't there.
Dusk bid them farewell
When they marched off into battle,
When the song faded out.
They went to fight for your house
Among green fields -
For a new day.
(Refrain)
Because destiny hasn't helped all of them
To return from those forest paths
When the lilacs blossomed.
A white cross on the open field
Doesn't remember anymore
Who's sleeping beneath it...