Inferno At The Carpathian Mountains

The main armies defeated
 Remains are heading West
 Towards the safety of the Reich
 Between them and the homeland
 Lies one final obstacle
 A passage through the Carpaths
 Known as impenetrable
 Few challenging passes
 Ravines dark and deep
 Ascending 2000 meters
 Where roads are bad and steep
 Units without officers
 Deserters from imprisonment
 Over threatening white peaks
 Nowhere light, nowhere shelter
 Not a sign of life
 A desolate dreary region
 Where no-one can survive the misdemeanours
 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 nothingless
 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 wind brings horizontal
 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 death is painless
 On this god-forgotten road