AETERNAM LYRICS

1. Osman's Dream

"I dreamt of a dream. I saw a goodly tree sprang forth from my bosom, and grew in beauty and in strength until the embracing verdure of its branches canopied the horizon.
Under its shade stood four mountains, and from its roots gushed four rivers that gurgled through lush valleys glittering with stately cities, with domes, pyramids and towers.
The Crescent shone on their summits, and from their galleries sounded the Muezzin’s call, whose echoing prayers swirled around beneath the living roof of the all-overarching tree.
Suddenly there arose a mighty wind, and turned the points of the sword shaped leaves towards the city of Constantinople; Placed at the junction of two seas and two continents, like a diamond set between two sapphires and two emeralds, to form the most precious stone in a ring of universal
empire!"
[- Osman]

2. Beneath the Nightfall

"Constantinople. Either I conquer you, or you conquer me!"
[- Mehmed II]

Fear the Athar
The scourge of Basileuousa
Our godly dagger is intended to conquer
From the shadows we rise
Apostles of darkness

As I carry my divine mission in my body and soul
On this night, I aim for the towers to shatter
By my hands!
The eleventh hour of Rome
Beneath the nightfall

A bloody orb in the sky
Destined to glow
The holy flag will be marred in the dirt

In the dark of night awakes the moon
Then she was lost to sight
And a mighty wind arose
In an eastbound tide of gold
For a thousand years and more
And in legend long before
Has stood the city walls
in the dream of Osman's hoard

The ghosts of the bygone legends
Have risen from ages of slumber
To witness a new world rise with dawn

Nos vincent
Dii somus deorum
Venerunt ab inferno

3. Irene

The earth embraces you
Regent of temples gone
Righteous empress reveals
Icons of heavens lost

When day and night unify for a sign shall we find
Fragments of stones of He
Who patiently awaits on the shores

Centuries of celebration in silence and blindness
Soundless war is called
Empty words and voices
Lady of the morning, celebrate!

As the story unfolds
Bitter tales to be untold
A descent she sacrificed
A dismal presage of her eternal reign

Με το όνομα της βασίλισσας

4. Nova Roma

"Glory to God who has thought me worthy to finish this work. Solomon, I have outdone you."
[- Justinian]

Primordial breed
Scions of the western rubbles
Thriving and sailing through their destined path in darker ages
Against an heritage born of centuries lost in fire and war
The gift of a glorious past that tends to the seeds of domination

Nova Roma
Into the endless sky
Until thousand years have gone by
From a noble expanse she will own our time
Dawn of awakening
Sculpting the shape of history
Walls and oceans shelters the heir of the rising sun

Collision of worlds
Revealed the eternal cycle
A cosmic beat in harmony bestowed to the mysteries above
The chosen liege has gifted faith with a weld of balance
A blissful sacrament that carries a sacred oath

Nova Roma
Into the endless sky
'Til thousand years have gone by
From a noble expanse she will own our time
Dawn of awakening
Sculpting the shape of history
Walls and oceans shelters the heir of the rising sun

As the fallen rain becomes the rising dew
As the dead of night is slowly filled with lights anew
I will carry all the gifts of nations born in ageless stones
And hold the fall of countless more

5. Kasifi's Verses

"The spider weaves the curtains in the palace of the Caesars.
The owl calls the watches in the towers of Afrasiab."
[- Mehmed II]

6. Where the River Bends

In the name of Freya, glorious goddess of the bright halls
Vidarr, give us the heart from afar
In the name of Herja, bringer of fire
Heimdall, lord of eternal timeline

Forth! To the mythical land of Austr
Trample on the plains and the sands of the eastern realms

Over Vannet
Videre Til ære

We have no fear
Of the enemy
We thirst for glory
Down the mouth of Aegir

Through the raven eyes
From which I cannot see
The guidance of the serpent
Leads us to our victory

Their names are carved in endless stones
To honor and immortalize their lives

Fenrir i øynene våre
Our swords will be blunted and stained with blood
Vidar i sverdene våre
Ee fight until we feast with ancient gods
Odin allmektige guder
Where shall resound the hymn of the fallen

Our home is far behind
On a journey over land and sea
Miklagard, our destiny
The road is by the day
Our fortune in the hands of fate
Where the river bends we're carried by the waves

Sailing through the river's gorge
Descending like a storm
Standing proud and tall
Heading into the heart of the waterfalls

I will reduce to ashes
This legacy of old
Their victories forgotten
Until a homeless memory remains

In the name of Freya, glorious goddess of the bright halls
Vidarr, give us the heart from afar
In the name of Herja, bringer of fire
Heimdall, lord of eternal timeline

Forth! To the mythical land of Austr
Trample on the plains and the sands of the eastern realms

Over Vannet
Videre Til ære

We have no fear
Of the enemy
We thirst for glory
Down the mouth of Aegir

Through the raven eyes
From which I cannot see
The guidance of the serpent
Leads us to our victory

Their names are carved in endless stones
To honor and immortalize their lives

Fenrir i øynene våre
Our swords will be blunted and stained with blood
Vidar i sverdene våre
Ee fight until we feast with ancient gods
Odin allmektige guder
Where shall resound the hymn of the fallen

Our home is far behind
On a journey over land and sea
Miklagard, our destiny
The road is by the day
Our fortune in the hands of fate
Where the river bends we're carried by the waves

Sailing through the river's gorge
Descending like a storm
Standing proud and tall
Heading into the heart of the waterfalls

I will reduce to ashes
This legacy of old
Their victories forgotten
Until a homeless memory remains

7. The Treacherous Hunt

March! March!

March to eastern lands
Follow the Sign of the Cross and the call of gold
Revenge on the greek usurper
And with his blood, the promise of riches

Through the Gate of Romanus they charge
But their will is faltered by fear
The bane of the warrior's mind
That wilts to its burden

The Treacherous Hunt!
For honor and praise of the Lord
The Treacherous Hunt!
Reclaiming the throne of the Romans

They melt the icons and the relics
And betrayed their ethereal stature
Bewildered by the spoils of war and the lust of treasures
In a furious assault, their eyes like in a mirror reflection
Sees the misery of martyrs impaired match their anger

Holding the shield and the sword
And bearing the wrath of the stars
Forged with an iron heart
Embracing the will of the One
The Spirit! The Son! Until thy kingdom has come

Deus Le Volt
In Seaculorum
Pater, Filium
Domine Iesu / Qui es in Caelis
Ora Pronobis / Signum, Amen!

The city has fallen in their hands
Branding their souls with an eternal sin
The order born through an offering to the divine sovereign

8. Akhatist Hymn

Τη υπερμάχω στρατηγώ τα νικητήρια
Ως λυτρωθείσα των δεινών ευχαριστήρια

Αναγράφω Σοι η πόλις Σου
Θεοτόκε

Αλλ' ως έχουσα το κράτος απροσμάχητον
Εκ παντοίων με κινδύνων ελευθέρωσον

Ίνα κράζω Σοι· Χαίρε
Νύμφη Ανύμφευτε

9. The Fall of Constantinople

[Part I: The Prayer]

Κάτω από τη σοφία σου,
Διοικούμε, Θεοτόκος

[Part II: The Advent]

Lightning! On the dome of the Holy Wisdom
A glooming sight of despair
For the final Roman emperor
On the alarmed air

Theotokos!
Why have you forsaken me?

And when the bells, so somber
Pleads the souls to pray
The ghosts enchanted
Sweeps in the barren streets, astray

Theotokos!
Why have you forsaken me?
Theotokos!
As you fade away from me

And from the sea to the Golden Horn
I watch the towers up high at my side
The city of God, where the ancient glory of Rome
Now meets the eastern shores
Noble Mother, I open my arms to thee

I will endure the assault of the oppressor
And if the walls won't hold the night
As they have done a hundred times
I won't hide behind my crown
For the honor of the fallen warriors
Who now stand in the halls of light
Forebearers, I open my arms to thee

As the child out of its womb
The virgin leaving us to our doom
Under an auspicious blood moon
Yet our faith shall remain immune

[Part III: The Fall]

To leave the land of which I was once a son?
To yield the walls of my fathers and live, but forever lost?
If the will of God is the city must fall on this night
I shall fall at the side of the warriors who gave up their life

I lay down to save our legacy
Not erased from history

My sons! Do not forget!
For we too long have loved and prayed our God
To be afraid of the light

And if nothing remains tomorrow
Only silence and fearful shadows

My sons! Do not forsake!
Tomorrow we wake in the halls of light
And shall be remembered like falling stars

Fight! Ride! To Death! To Glory!
I dare not live in utter scorn
Nor die in such a dooming fate
The end of the line is nigh

[Part IV: The Lament]

Γιατί πουλί μ΄ δεν κελαηδείς
Πως κελαηδούσες πρώτα
Για πώς μπορώ να κελαηδώ
Με κόψαν τα φτερούδια μου

Με πήραν τη λαλιά μου
Μας πήρανε μπρ’ αμάν την Πόλη μας
Μας πήρανε μπρ’ την Πόλη μας
Την Πόλη μας
Και την Αγια-Σοφιά μας

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AETERNAM LYRICS