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Translation
THE MAJESTY EXECUTIONER
In a gloomy light of a gothic hall
the scared profiteers are gazing into their missals
and a horde of slayers is asking for blessing
After all the first of the knights is his majesty executioner
Aaah look the first of the knights is his Majesty Executioner
Priest – the devil who served the mass
is wearing a stole made from a hangmans slope
Having a bottle of vitriol under the purple rochet
The smell of sulfur coming from the mortars
is crawling under the red hood of the first from all the knights
his Majesty Executioner
Aaah to the first of knights look it is his Majesty Executioner
On the national flag there is
an emblem with guillotine
And the barbed wire
smells by something decayed
In our region is a flock of raven nesting
the master hangman reigns these people
The king is kneeing infront of Satan
eagers to have the sceptre
And the rabble is hanging the wise council
at the plane tree
And the heretic crowd is exhilarated and rejoices
After all the first of knights is his Majesty Executioner
Aaah the first of knights is his Majesty Executioner
At a streetcorner a murderer is holding a lecture about moral
Infront of the prison's door the guardians are walking
From the military armour plate the black sign proclaims
that the first of the knights is his Majesty Executioner
Aaah that the first of the knights is his Majesty Executioner
Over the government palace
rises the flag with guillotine
The children love the ice cream cornets
The judges were upset about them
so they killed their ice cream man
A horrible state it was,
as you had to watch
the writing beeing forbidden
and the singing beeing forbidden
And they didn't have enough
they commanded the kids
to pray the way how his Majesty Executioner wished
Aaah to pray the way how his Majesty Executioner wished
With a sneer the devil saw
for everyone a share
The son hated the father
and the brother hurts his brother
Only a death's-head moth
is soaring over this country
where in the circle of the silly minds
dwells his Majesty Executioner
Aaah where in the circle of the silly minds
dwells HIS MAJESTY EXECUTIONER!
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About translator
The initiation to translate this song by Karel Kryl (1967) came when I wanted to support my friend from Hong Kong now in 2014.
So please don't judge the grammar I am an amateur ;)