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Ralthimar
Κυρ, 06/10/2013 - 19:46
In response to your Author Comment, vampirespitfire, I think that verse could be better translated as:
"Hallowed be my body,
Hallowed be the force,
Children, take my hands now (together/at one time),
Children, laugh at death,
Yesterday, the eternal one died
In holy battle."
Let me know what you think!
Preciouss
Κυρ, 04/05/2014 - 18:20
Ralthimar, I'm not sure I agree. The first two lines are good, but the third one is problematic because I simply don't hear the singer pronouncing the "nehmt" we have here (I've mentioned it in the comments to the untranslated song), and it gets more complicated further on. "Ewig dem Gestern ein Ende" can't mean "Yesterday, the eternal one died" - it's "dem Gestern", in dative. It sounds as if it's yesterday itself that died / met its end, and "ewig" would simply be "forever". But there still remains the question of whether it's all a part of the same sentence as "death/dying" from the last line - i.e. is death the eternal end of yesterday, or is the second statement unrelated to it and yesterday has met its eternal end in a holy battle. But there still remains the question of "auf" in "Auf in die heilige Schlacht", which sounds really strange to me - I admit that I don't have much experience with German, but I haven't encountered such a phrase before. Do you know - is it generally used in such a way? If yes, what's the difference between "auf in" and simply "in"?
Sciera
Δευ, 05/05/2014 - 17:18
The lyrics have been updated, you may want to update your translation.
Btw, that's not a very good translation, there are quite some mistakes.
For example, the beginning means
"Children, towards the sun,
towards freedom,
Children, upwards to the light
Out of the dark past
future shines forth bright"
"schöner" is a comparative, too:
"Bigger, more beautiful and stronger."
That paragraph in question means
"Hallowed be my body,
Hallowed be the power. [it refers to the Lord's Prayer]
Children, put your hands together now.
Children, laugh at dying/death
forever there shall be an end to yesterday,
onwards into holy war.
Btw, a big part of the lyrics refers to:
http://www.volksliederarchiv.de/text4691.html
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BCder,_zur_Sonne,_zur_Freiheit
I am not sure about the last four lines in second verse, "Children take once the hands,... -- ...Holy battle."
Have done my best.