A sentinel fallen asleep, still the head is vigilant
The snow you kept, both your blessing and curse
Had become your sole mate, your warder
The cost of the dream to belong to the sky
Diamir ñ King of mountains
Ra Kot ñ Of silver crags
I am the one noiselessly abscenting
Nanga Parbat ñ Naked mountain
I am the fool who will come back
Tear up the night so as the orders they gave to me
In their minds theyíre dividing like hungry dogs
A victory that only I can celebrate
Like hungry dogs bark, in honor of a nation
Diamir ñ King of mountains
Ra Kot ñ Of silver crags
I am the one noiselessly abscenting
Nanga Parbat ñ Naked mountain
I am the fool who will come back
Strange creature I am now
Burned by the sun and yet frozen
Clung onto my will just to take another step
Drawn, driven, mocked by my own shadow,
I am no more me, reduced to a phantom,
A shadow that walks behind a shadow
And then for an instant I saw what You see
The distance you claimed from the Others
The Rupal face you nursed, like Siren calls
A whisper of death, I regret
One means thousands
And I begin to comprehend
The laws of this purgatory
The arrogance of facing a real God
An empty shell held up by ice stilts
Finally, Forever,
ALIVE
Nanga Parbat ñ Naked mountain
I am the fool who will come back......
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