| As dawn is weaving between fallen autumn leaves
| As dawn is weaving between fallen autumn leaves
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| The poor ones gather under naked trees
| The poor ones gather under naked trees
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| Asking how to survive, 'cause the winter breaks
| Asking how to survive, 'cause the winter breaks
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| And medieval coldness now from a deep sleep awakes
| And medieval coldness now from a deep sleep awakes
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| Libera me domine de morte, aetema in die illa tremenda
| Libera me domine de morte, aetema in die illa tremenda
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| It’s December, 14th 1503, as the ones above stop their mourning
| It's December, 14th 1503, as the ones above stop their mourning
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| As the one arrived — selected to foresee — something changed without a warning!
| As the one arrived — selected to foresee — something changed without a warning!
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| (Libera me domine de morte, aetema in die illa tremenda)
| (Libera me domine de morte, aetema in die illa tremenda)
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| Es ward geboren in des Christengottes Zeit
| It was born in the time of the Christian God
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| Ein Bub — so die Legende — mit des Schöpfers Fähigkeit
| A boy - so the legend - with the Creator's ability
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| Zu sehen, was sein wird, im Verborgenen, unerkannt
| To see what will be, in secret, unrecognized
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| Denn der mit dem Leumund des Ketzers würd öffentlich verbrannt
| For he who has the reputation of a heretic would be publicly burned
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| Die Hand, die — geifend nach dem Schönen — blutet von der Rose Dorn
| The hand that thirsts for beauty bleeds from the thorn of the rose
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| Der Trieb der Menschen Habgier, bestraft durch Gottes Zorn
| Man's instinct for greed punished by God's wrath
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| Er, der Spiegel eurer Seele, spürt die Trauer, Kummer, Gram
| He, the mirror of your soul, feels the sadness, sorrow, grief
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| Er, der Träger dieses Namens: Michael de Notre Dame | He, the bearer of this name: Michael de Notre Dame |