scared]
Dum discussio [while I talk]
Venerit at que ventura ira [it will come to the upcoming wrath]

Herbei, ihr Leut' - das Fest beginnt [come run up you people, the celebration starts]
Nehmt Platz auf besten Rдngen [take your seats on best places]
Seht, wie der flehend Mann dort kniet [see how the begging man kneels there]
Seht den Ketzer, ich sag, er soll brennen heut' Nacht [see the heretic, tonight he shall burn I say]
Soll ihn spьr'n, den Tod, er kommt langsam und lacht [(he) should feel death, it comes slowly and laughs]
Und als die Tцchter des Teufels er nennt [and as he tells about Devil's daughters]
Die Sense den Faden des Lebens zertrennt [the scythe severes the thread of life]

Und als sein letzter Schrei erstirbt [and when his final scream dies]
Die Flammen ihn verschlingen [flames consume him]
Und Kindesweinen bricht die Still.... [children's crying breaks the silence...]
Seht zur Asche ward er, der die Lьgen erzдhlt [see to ashes he went who told those lies]
Im Zeichen des Kreuzes [under the sign of the cross]
Hat er seinen Tod selbst gewдhlt [he chose his death himself]
Doch unsere Seelen sind rein... [but our souls are pure...]

Doch unsere Seelen sind rein... [but our souls are pure...]

Schenkt aus den Wein! [pour out the wine]

Profundis Clamavi [endlessly we cry out]
And as the dark procession then has been fulfilled
For their god - a sacrifice - his blood was spilled
So Death took him to mother's chest
Where he may rest...

And the weather says, it's springtime
See the leafs of darkest green
And his screams hall in the nightly breeze
As the darkened sorrows feels

Dark are all the autumn nights
Where mind and stars unite
Knowing forbidden wisdom
And all the things he sees
Collected in a chamber
Secrets of astronomy

The rage in their eyes
Torches in their hands
And the power of the cross
Bringing fear to all the land
... and darkness will come to us all!

Profundis Clamavi! [endlessly we cry out]

And as the dark procession...

Schenkt aus den Wein! [pour out the wine]


2. Menuetto In Fa-Minore

[INSTRUMENTAL]


3. Per Aspera Ad Astra

[Through Time And Space]

[Music: A. Nasseri / Lyrics: A. Nasseri]

(Adesso sono qui...) [Now they are here...]
An old dungeon hidden from all the light
Thirteen candles enlighten the dark
Shadows are playing their games on the wall
And a shimmering glow fills the arch

Now, as night steps aside, and a new dawn will break
Silently a new age of science awakes

Old theory that has been wrong
Power of the universe
Will take me to the place where I belong

Through the clouds of lies and fear
In silent moments it comes near:

In my deepest hour of darkness
They will shine...
(feel my scorn)
endlessly...
(The sword that killed the unicorn)
Splenderanno... per aspera ad astra [they will shine... through time and space]

His theories and knowledge
Mean danger in these times
And those accused of heresy
Will not longer be alive
Hide, hide your secrets well
For in your darkest hour you should dwell

(Adesso sono qui...) [Now they are here...]
An old table covered with parchments and rolls
The great one has children of four
Callisto, Europa, Ganymed e Io
The bright universe to adore

Old theory that has been wrong
Power of the universe
Will take me to the place where I belong

Through the clouds of lies and fear
In silent moments it comes near:

In my deepest hour of darkness
They will shine...
(feel my scorn)
endlessly...
(The sword that killed the unicorn)
Splenderanno ... per aspera ad astra [they will shine... through time and space]


4. Of A Might Divine

[Music: A. Nasseri / Lyrics: A. Nasseri]

Requiem eternam [rest eternally]
Et dona eis domine [and give to the Lord]

Ride, ride, over the land
Sorrow comes without a waring, dear
And do never start to sacrifice your faith
They, they, they betray
And poisoned voices creep into your mind
For this will be their final stand

Ride, ride over the land!
Outside - a light!
He awakes in the deep of a stormy night
They have come to get him now
A feast for the raging crowd
With torches still alight

Supressed by a might divine
"Your science of the dark"
Revoke what has been told
Or at the break of dawn you will feel the holy spark
Of a might divine

La falce della luna и lutto questa notte [the scythe of the moon is mourning this night]

"Inside - I cry
All I trusted in should die?"
An instrument to ship the blind
Through the sea of ancient times
Of a might divine

Now the night breaks
And the final trial awakes
Pressure's getting more and more
Betrayed - all I was living for
Of a might divine

All over the land
Without a warning
Supressed by a might divine
"Your science of the dark"
Revoke what has been told
Or at the break of dawn you will feel the holy spark
Of a might divine

La falce della luna и lutto questa notte [the scythe of the moon is mourning this night]

Requiem eternam [rest eternally]
Et dona eis domine [and give to the Lord]


5. Gavotta In Si-Minore

[INSTRUMENTAL]


6. Herr Mannelig (Long Version)

[Music: Traditional / Lyrics: A. Nasseri]

All'alba, prima che il sole sorgesse [At dawn before the sun rose]
e gli uccelli cantassero la canzone [and the birds sang the song]
La donna del troll con lingua falsa [The woman of the troll with false]
et ingannevole propose al signore: [and deceptive voice proposed the gentleman]

Herr Mannelig, Herr Mannelig mi vorrei sposare [Herr Mannelig, Herr
Mannelig will you want to marry me]
Per tutto quello che io ti darи? [For all that I will give to you?]
Se vorrai, rispondi solo si o no [Do you want to, simply say yes or no]
Farai cosм o no? [Will you do it or not?]

Ti darи i dodici mulini [I will give the twelve flour mills to you]
che stanno tra Tillo e Terno [That are between Tillo and Terno]
le macine sono fatte del piщ rosso rame [The grinders are made of the
most red copper]
e le ruote sono cariche d'argento [and the wheels are loaded with silver]

Herr Mannelig, Herr Mannelig mi vorrai sposare [Herr Mannelig, Herr
Mannelig will you want to marry me]
per tutto quello che io ti darи? [For all that I will give to you?]
Se vorrai, rispondi solo si o no [Do you want to, simply say yes or no]
Farai cosм o no? [Will you do it or not?]

Se tu fossi una donna cristiana [If you pit one christian woman]
riceverei volentieri regali cosм, [I would gladly receive gifts for it]
ma io so che sei il peggiore troll [but I know that troll is six times worse]
figlio degli spiriti maligni. [a son of the malignant spirits]

Herr Mannelig, Herr Mannelig mi vorrai sposare [Herr Mannelig, Herr
Mannelig will you want to marry me]
per tutto quello che io ti darи? [For all that I will give to you?]
Se vorrai, rispondi solo si o no [Do you want to, simply say yes or no]
Farai cosм o no? [Will you do it or not?]


7. The Observer

"I do not feel obliged to believe
that the same God who has endowed us
with sadness, reason and intellect
has intended us to forgo their use"

So all the stars
Will guide us on our way
The Sextant as a leader
Has duration for all days

Look at the amazing skies
In long and profund discoveries
With a strong and a clear mind he's encrypting
More secrets of astronomy

In endless nights
He entirely observes the skies
His publications will change the world

Galileo Galilei

Only what my eyes will see, I will believe!
Day and night - seperated by the light

In Pisa he's required
To teach the theory
That the stars and all the planets
Revolve around the earth
But he believed
In a different truth
The heliocentric one
Proposed by Kopernikus
A new age has begun

The stolen sun
Makes their fear rise
And man will sacrifice
The moon is the reason why

The amazing skies...

In endless nights..

And all the servants of the cross - they will deny
Will deny the starlight

In Pisa he's required
To teach the theory
That the stars and all the planets
Revolve around the earth
But he believed
In a different truth
The heliocentric one
Proposed by Kopernikus
A new age has begun


8. Eppur Si Muove

[Music: A. Nasseri / Lyrics: A. Nasseri]

___ the one in sorrows
To release my darkened mind
And never to ___ my way to thee
A light that blinds the blind
God end this suffering
My blood and tears that flow for you
My King

My Son, beware...
... of all that your eyes cannot see
Trust your mind
And strengthen your abilities

Did you ever touch the starlight ?
Dreamed for a thousand years?
Have you ever seen the beauty
Of a newborn century?

And now's the time to enter
A new way, things to see
Man is just a weak reflection
In evolution's history

And in the hour of darkness
It will guide your way:

La bellezza del paese di Galilei [the beauty of the country of Galilei]

E nella mia ora piщ buia [and in my darkest hour]
loro splenderanno [they will shine]
per me [for me]
all'infinito [for ever]

___ the one in sorrows
To release my darkened mind
And never to ___ my way to thee
A light that blinds the blind
God end this suffering
My blood and tears that flow for you
My King

Geboren im flackernden Kerzenschein [born in flickering light of the candle]
Verfasst in dunkler Zeit [enscripted in sombre times]
Ein altes Stьck von Pergament [an old piece of parchment]
Sich mit der Feder vereint [unites with the feather]

Der Zeichnung seines Arms entspringt [arising from his arm's drawing]
Der Universen Zelt [the tent of the universe]
Es ist der Zeiten Anbeginn [it is the beginning of time]
Und дndert diese Welt [and changes this world]

Des Universums Zelt [the tent of the universe]

Nato al lume guizzante della candela [born in flickering light of the candle]
Scritto in tempi oscuri [enscripted in sombre times]
Sulla vecchia pergamena [an old piece of parchment]
Scorre la penna [unites with the feather]
E dal suo braccio nasce [arising from his arm's drawing]
Il disegno delle volte celesti [the tent of the universe]
И l'inizio dei tempi [it is the beginning of time]
E cambierа il mondo [and changes this world]

My son, take care...
of all what the cross wants you to be
Trust your eyes
And strenghten your abilities

Did you ever touch the starlight ?
Dream for a thousand years?
Have you ever seen the beauty
Of a newborn century?

And time has come to doubt
About the holy verse
It is just a weak reflection
In our endless universe

And in your hour of darkness
The beauty guides your way:

La bellezza del paese di Galilei [the beauty of the country of Galilei]

E nella mia ora piщ buia [and in my darkest hour]
loro splenderanno [they will shine]
splenderanno per me [shine for me]
all'infinito [for ever]


9. Largetto / Epilogo Adagio

[INSTRUMENTAL]


10. Herr Mannelig (Short Version)

All'alba, prima che il sole sorgesse
e gli uccelli cantassero la loro dolce canzone
La donna del troll della montagna con lingua falsa
ed ingannevole propose al signore:

Herr Mannelig, Herr Mannelig mi vorrai sposare
Per tutto quello che io dolcemente ti darи?
Se vorrai, rispondi solo si o no
Farai cosм o no?

Ti darт i dodici mulini
che stanno tra Tillo e Terno
le macine sono fatte del piщ rosso rame
e le ruote sono cariche d'argento

Herr Mannelig, Herr Mannelig mi vorrai sposare
per tutto quello che io dolcemente ti darи?
Se vorrai, rispondi solo si o no
Farai cosм o no?

Se tu fossi una donna cristiana
riceverei volentieri regali cosм,
ma io so che sei il peggiore troll della montagna
figlio degli spiriti maligni e del demonio.

Herr Mannelig, Herr Mannelig mi vorrai sposare
per tutto quello che io dolcemente ti darи?
Se vorrai, rispondi solo si o no
Farai cosм o no?