1. MATER DIANA

(Instrumental)


2. LADY OF THE EAST

Oriens

Domina ludi
Mater Diana
We follow thee
In these ancient paths

Oppressed and accused
We will stand tall
A fire in our hearts
Against all will burn

Elder, divine
Lady of the east
We salute you
Our Goddess Supreme

Herodiadem
“sic appellant Dianam”
Saltatio strigarum
Venisne mecum?

Mater Diana

Elder, divine
Lady Of The East
We salute you
Our Goddess Supreme

Oriens


3. FUOCHI DELL’ODIO

Rome, Sixteen Hundred
A sad rainy day
Two soldiers are leading
A man to the pole

Here I stand
In these marble halls
Crimson-robed priests
State my destiny

I don’t fear your sentence
I don’t fear your gallows
Apostasy
I’ll die with my beliefs

Brucia la fiamma
Della repressione
Bruciano I libri
È l’Inquisizione

La folla impaurita
Guarda il condannato
Andare alla morte
Fiero, ardito

Pronuncia il verdetto
L’Aldobrandini
La tremula voce
Di chi assassina

Il Santo Uffizio
Ormai ha deciso

Fuochi dell’odio
E dell’oppressione
Regina del Male
È l’inquisizione

Sic fiat voluntas
Vostra Eccellenza
Sic fiat voluntas
Amen

Brucia…
Brucia…
Brucia…
Tra i fuochi della repressione
Brucia…


4. RELAPSA

We stand like Prometheus
Eternally condemned
We brought fire to mankind
The fire of knowledge

Portammo all’uomo accecato
Dai Papi la luce divina
Pochi capirono il bagliore
Sorto dalle tenebre

Relapsa…


5. THE PRIEST

Chaos – Order
Evil – Divine
Our God perished on a cross
For that cross they die

Persecuted and accused
We now sentence them to death
Look, the cross of our Father
It’s still tainted – bloodred

Godlike? – Madness!
Symphony of Death
We are the hunters
But we were the preys!

Persecuted and accused
We now sentence them to death
Look, the cross of our Father
It’s still tainted – bloodred


6. SALTATIO STRIGARUM

You’re welcome to the game of Oriens
Let’s dance and feast – into the woods
Our goddess the moon
Will show us the truth

Mistress of the Nightsky
Dance with us tonight
Virgin spirit of the woods
We’re waiting for a sign

Silver light, Her Majesty
So pure, so pale, the moon
Selen’s eye is watching us
Benediction from above


7. VALPERGA

Witches burning on this night
Martyrs dying to pacify
The closed mind of peasants
Devoted to idols – supersticious

No one wants to get involved
They accuse but they won’t judge
I watch my liege it keeps on burning
But it’s not finished yet
In Valperga

Valperga

Hear the cries of women burning
Satan’s falling – Deus Lo Vult!
“Lamia”, “Stria” I hear them calling
Lord, forgive them for what they’ve done

Monstra volant, dirae stridunt
In nube volucres, nocturnaeque gemunt
Striges et feralia bubo
Damna canens
(Thèbais, P.Papinius Statius)

Sic Striges per silvam ductae
Ignis purgat


8. MCCCXC

Why are you so sad for me
Soon we’ll meet again
No more tears to cry in vain
No matter, I’ll be there

From the wind from the stars
I will gaze at you
Even if I’m dying now
I don’t want you to shed a tear

Have a smile when thinkin’ about me
The sweetness and the joy
They will lead me to the pole
Through fire they’ll destroy

Time bereaves the memories
The blackness and the evil
This is my last epitaph
For people that are to come

Time bereaves the memories