Vertriebenenballade

Enough is enough! Just three words
Terror has so many names
A little smile, a strong gaze
But I can't see that in her
She holds me sadly in her arms
Hides the sorrow, doesn't show it
For a lifetime, she's kept it hidden
Even as her heart breaks

My mother told me often
She lived through hell itself
Grief is written on her face
So many years just tortured
And only bare life matters
What she saw, she won't forget

There was a time no one talks about
When the light vanished from the earth
Evil came and wanted to take
The farm, the home, and the land
Burning houses, screaming children
Devilish laughter filled the air
They were tortured, they were beaten
But the pleas of the people faded in the wind

A dark fog that I flee from
Behind it wait the images of the past
I hate them and want to forget
But in the end, they force me to my knees
The women dishonored, the women violated
In every village, every day
A little girl begs for mercy
That she still hasn't received