Wenn Erdreich bricht [English translation]

Once a king ruled in the land of Perchta

He was well-known to the chagrin of humans and animals because of his cruelty

Even his wife and children, seven in number,

Followed him to malice every single time!

On high horses they started with thundering steps

The royal hounds at their side bolted with them

Because they love, at their highest delight,

To chase the forest's living game

Under thunderous bugles into the twilight

In sight there is a house of his subjects now

Waiting for the king's call, the wild cavalry

On the horses changes direction to boundless frenzy!

They trample on the old woman who's covering at the door

Her grandchild shares her fate, dies by a horse

The old even come out into the cold night for help

The end of this cruel work is done by raging dogs!

In her torturous pain the old woman struggles

The king's entourage troops up around her so she can't escape

She asks for heavenly help to punish her oppressors

Curses with her last breath the king, his wife and the children!

Soon fields should burst when earth breaks

Icy winds should blow as the God's tribunal

Fire breaks out on the field, in blazing light

This misery lasted too long, soon the Gods will do their duty

And the moment she was silent, life went out of her

The earth quaked strongly as if the end of the world had come

No mercy, no pardon for the king, his wife and children

Retaliated are their deeds now, turned to stone in blazing embers

Pilgrims come from afar, thinking of the origin of this pain

Call on the mountain's ghost so he lets you pass fastly.

But also listen to the rules, remember the story

Remember the true duties or your power will break