On the winnow fields
They beheld the gate
Trembling with fear
And afraid to forfeit
Anxiously
They clinged to table scraps
As if to aver
Their deprivation
And the swine crowed round
The shining lot of pearls
With empty hands
The high king reigns
Nothing but light
The raven flies
A fool is the slave
Who fears not his fetters
But watches over them with jealousy
On the winnow fields
They beheld their lives
Paralysed with fear
In the presence of the Vergobret
So they cherished
Doctrines of denial
And wallowed
In poor men's tales
And the swine crowed round
The shining lot of pearls
Just like the vultures
Crave cadaveric flesh
With empty hands
The high king reigns
Nothing but light
The raven flies
With empty hands
The high king reigns
Nothing but light
The raven flies
They beheld the gate
Trembling with fear
And afraid to forfeit
Anxiously
They clinged to table scraps
As if to aver
Their deprivation
The shining lot of pearls
The high king reigns
Nothing but light
The raven flies
Who fears not his fetters
But watches over them with jealousy
They beheld their lives
Paralysed with fear
In the presence of the Vergobret
So they cherished
Doctrines of denial
And wallowed
In poor men's tales
The shining lot of pearls
Just like the vultures
Crave cadaveric flesh
The high king reigns
Nothing but light
The raven flies
The high king reigns
Nothing but light
The raven flies
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As for the songs title, a Gaulish translation meaning for Ategnatos is ‘reborn’. The term 'Vergobret' is mentioned in the lyrics, a vergobret was a person in ancient Gaul who held the highest office in many Gallic cities. The song seems to be about how others both revered & at the same time feared the power of the vergobret & the ramifications throughout the land as a result of this. Each day of his reign the upheaval of panic was reborn within the people under him bearing witness to his brand of governing.