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The Song of the Sibyl (translation) Lyrics
The Song of the Sibyl
( English translation of original Catalan version )
An eternal king will come
Dressed in our mortal flesh:
He will come from heaven certainly
To pass judgement on the century.
Before judgement is passed
A great sign will show itself:
The sun will lose its shine
The earth will tremble with fear.
After will come mighty thunder
A sign of great wrath:
In an infernal confusion
Lightning and cries will resound.
A great fire will come down from heaven
In a stink of sulphur
And the earth will burn furiously
And great terror will afflict people.
After will come the terrible signal
Of a great earthquake
As rocks shatter
And mountains collapse.
Then no-one will have pieces of gold
Silver or riches,
And everyone will await
The sentence.
Death will leave them without a penny,
And will crush them all:
There will remain only men in tears,
And sadness will cover the world.
The plains and peaks will be all the same,
Good and evil will reach them both,
Kings, dukes, counts and barons
Will have to account for their actions.
And then will come impressively
The Son of God omnipotent,
He will judge the dead and the living,
The good will go to Heaven.
Children not yet born
Will cry from their mother's wombs,
And with the crying say:
"Help us, God, omnipotent".
Mother of God, pray for us,
You, the Mother of sinners,
May the sentence be merciful,
May Paradise be open to us.
You, who listen to everything,
Pray God with all devotion,
With all your heart and fervour,
That we should be saved.
Dressed in our mortal flesh:
He will come from heaven certainly
To pass judgement on the century.
A great sign will show itself:
The sun will lose its shine
The earth will tremble with fear.
A sign of great wrath:
In an infernal confusion
Lightning and cries will resound.
In a stink of sulphur
And the earth will burn furiously
And great terror will afflict people.
Of a great earthquake
As rocks shatter
And mountains collapse.
Silver or riches,
And everyone will await
The sentence.
And will crush them all:
There will remain only men in tears,
And sadness will cover the world.
Good and evil will reach them both,
Kings, dukes, counts and barons
Will have to account for their actions.
The Son of God omnipotent,
He will judge the dead and the living,
The good will go to Heaven.
Will cry from their mother's wombs,
And with the crying say:
"Help us, God, omnipotent".
You, the Mother of sinners,
May the sentence be merciful,
May Paradise be open to us.
Pray God with all devotion,
With all your heart and fervour,
That we should be saved.
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I absolutely love the live version of this track from "Toward the Within". It sounds like a chant ...almost sacred. Like a prayer. Beautiful.