Blau blüht der Enzian

The singer remembers meeting a young Swiss woman in the mountains and hopes they will see each other again. He recalls her singing, their time together in mountain huts, and a kiss. The repeated chorus gives the memory a cheerful, romantic feeling, while the line about never forgetting her suggests that the encounter stayed with him.

The blue gentian, a mountain flower, becomes a vivid image linked to the place and to the hope of meeting again. “Alpenglühn” means the warm glow on the Alps, often at sunrise or sunset here; it gives their imagined reunion a beautiful, almost dreamlike setting. Her “red lips” mark the beginning of his attraction. The repeated “holla” sounds like a yodel-style refrain rather than words with a clear meaning.

The song keeps the story light and leaves much unsaid. After the kiss in the third hut, the singer says nobody knows what happened next. This may be playful teasing, not a serious claim that the event is truly secret. The lyrics do not tell us whether the woman shares his feelings or whether they meet again; the chorus expresses a wish, not a confirmed reunion.