Dead Can Dance Lyrics

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The Song of the Sibyl Lyrics

The Song of the Sibyl

Original Catalan version 

Al jorn del Judici

parra` qui haura` fet servici. 

Un rei vendra` perpetual

vestit de nostra carn mortal;

del cel vindra` tot certament

per fer del segle jutjament. 

Ans que el Judici no sera`

un gran senyal se mostrara`:

lo sol perdra` lo resplendor,

la terra tremira` de por. 

Apre`s se badara` molt fort

amostrant-se de greu conhort;

mostrar-se han ab crits i trons

les infernals confusions. 

Del cel gran foc davallara`,

com a sofre molt pudira`;

la terra cremara` ab furor,

la gent haura` molt gran terror. 

Apre`s sera` un fort senyal

d'un terratre`mol general;

les pedres per mig se rompran

i les muntanyes se fondran. 

Llavors ningu' tindra` talent

d'or, riqueses ni argent,

esperant tots quina sera`

La sente`ncia que es dara`. 

De morir seran tots sos talents,

esclafir-los han totes les dents;

no hi haura` home que no plor,

tot lo mo'n sera` en tristor.

Los puigs i plans seran iguals,

alli seran los bons i mals,

reis, ducs, comtes i barons,

que de llurs fets retran raons 

Apre`s vindra` terriblement

lo Fill de De'u omnipotent;

de morts i vius judicara`:

qui be' haura` fet alli es parra`. 

Los infants qui nats no seran

dintre ses mares cridaran

i diran tots plorosament:

"Ajuda'ns, De'u omnipotent". 

Mare de De'u, pregau per no's,

puix so'u mare de pecadors,

que bona sente`ncia hajam

i paradis possejam. 

Vosaltres tots qui escoltau,

devotament a De'u pregau

de cor ab gran devocio',

que us porte a salvacio'. 

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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.