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Northward of the North

The glitter of snow outshines the sun

Immense whiteness dazzles my eyes

I'm staring before me and see blackness only

The indifferent sky turns away from me

Crystallized air imbibes any sound

Inscrutable silence tears my eardrums

I'm crying but can't hear myself

The still-born echo laughs at me

The feet sink in the deep snow

Every step takes away my strength

All-absorbing drifts suck me so lazily

Deep like an abyss they won't notice me

Fatigue and cold lull me to sleep

Sweet dreams and promising hallucinations

The slumber carries away me on and on

Instinct of self-preservation forgot about me

My last memory was that I came here in sleep

And now I'm falling asleep in this unreal sleep

Cold, cold and cold again in the great beyond

And the way from this land leads only to death

I could see this dreadful world

Only because I came here by day

The day that's lasting a billion years

The day that's overfilled with the cold

At night this world ceases to be a world

The night without stars and polar lights

The night that's lasting a billion years

The night that's overfilled with the cold

Every life is dying here

Every pride is disgracing here

Every power is weakening here

More than north

Every triumph is falling here

Northward of the north

Every glory is declining here

More than north

Every majesty is fading here

Northward of the north

Every life is dying here

More than north

Every pride is disgracing here

Northward of the north

Northward of the north