Song Of Songs [English] [French translation]

Beyond the bleak and frozen square,

above the yellow linen star,

no heart will ever beat again

because the beautiful have lost 

their way to paradise.

All the whys have lost their reason, 

braves the will to fight.

If there is a God in heaven,

where was he, sleeping?

Oh, children of Auschwitz,1

oh, children of Dachau,2

oh, come tell me what became of love,

oh, come tell me what became of love,

oh, come tell me what became of love.

They journey past the land of no returning

where no one could imagine or endure

and there, love begged of God 

to sleep no more.

Above the tortured, blackened valleys,

beyond the northern crimson sea,

no bird could ever sing again

because the bitter moon has wept away 

the summer sun.

You can rake away the ashes, 

but the deed is done.

If there is a God in heaven, 

where was he, sleeping?

Oh, children of Mauthausen,3

oh, children of Belsen,4

oh, come tell me what became of love,

oh, come tell me what became of love.

If there is a God in heaven, 

where was he, sleeping?  

1. A Nazi concentraion camp. http://auschwitz.org/en/2. A Nazi concentration camp.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachau_concentration_camp3. A Nazi concentration camp. https://www.mauthausen-memorial.org/en/History/The-Mauthausen-Concentrat...4. A Nazi concentration camp. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/bergen-belsen

• Artist:Mikis Theodorakis
• Album:Mauthausen Trilogy - In Memoriam Of Liberation (2000)