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Slanias Song Lyrics
Catoues caletoi
urit namantas anrimius
ro- te isarnilin -urextont,
Au glannabi rhenus
Ad ardus alpon,
Tou' magisa matua
Tou' brigas iuerilonas
Budinas bardon
Clouos canenti
Anuanon anmaruon,
Cauaron colliton,
Adio- biuotutas -robirtont
Uolin cridili
Are rilotuten atrilas
A ulati, mon atron,
A brogi'm cumbrogon!
Exs tou' uradiu uorrobirt
Cenetlon clouision
Cauaron caleton
A blatu blande bitos biuon!
A ‚m' atriia, a ‚ma helvetia!
Tou' mnas et genetas,
Tigernias, tecas,
Tou' uiroi uertamoi
In sose cantle cingeton
In- gutoues -beronti.
Cante cladibu in lame
Exsrextos canumi:
A blatu blande bitos biuon!
A ‚m' atriia, a ‚ma helvetia!
urit namantas anrimius
ro- te isarnilin -urextont,
Au glannabi rhenus
Ad ardus alpon,
Tou' magisa matua
Tou' brigas iuerilonas
Clouos canenti
Anuanon anmaruon,
Cauaron colliton,
Adio- biuotutas -robirtont
Uolin cridili
Are rilotuten atrilas
A brogi'm cumbrogon!
Exs tou' uradiu uorrobirt
Cenetlon clouision
Cauaron caleton
A ‚m' atriia, a ‚ma helvetia!
Tigernias, tecas,
Tou' uiroi uertamoi
In sose cantle cingeton
In- gutoues -beronti.
Cante cladibu in lame
Exsrextos canumi:
A ‚m' atriia, a ‚ma helvetia!
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Reading a translation from Gaulish to English makes the meaning of this song clear - it's a salute to the Helvetii, the Gallic tribe that inhabited what is now modern Switzerland (and the root of the word Helvetia, the national personification of modern Switzerland).
Incidentally, the band name comes from a piece of ancient graffiti found on a vessel from Mantua in Lombardy, which in Etruscan lettering reads 'eluveitie', and is believed to be the Etruscan rendering of the Celtic word '(h)elvetios' meaning 'the Helvetian', perhaps referring to a man of Helvetian origins living in Mantua at the time.