Daß bei jedem Föhn
Vom Berge die Lawine rollt
Mit Sausen und Todesgetön --
Hat das Gott gewollt?
Daß ich ohne jeden Gruß
Durch der Menschen Land
Fremd wandern muss,
Kommt das von Gottes Hand?
Sieht Er in Herzensnot
Und Qual mich schweben?
- Ach, Gott ist tot!
Und ich soll leben?
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That with every Föhn-wind
The avalanche rolls down from the mountain
With roaring and the sound of death --
Did God want that?
That without any greeting
I must wander through the land of men
As a stranger,
Does that come from the hand of God?
Does He see me adrift
In distress of heart and agony?
- Ah, God is dead!
And I am to live?