Skyforger Kurbads 1. Curse Of The Witch Izsalcis vilks naks un apris sauli Gaisma izdizsis-purvos bales kauli Cuska izlidis Tikai ledains meness spides debesis Cuska indi spljaus-lastus izgrudis Launa acs visu redz! Jas melns jatnieks lidz sev atvedis Sumpurnus moskus Tie locisies rapos Zemi piepildis raus un plosis Kars meris bads. Bus tam jatniekam vards Ilgi gaidits gadsimtiem krats-raganas lasts Launa acs visu redz visu saskatis Nepaslepsies neviens-visus ieraudzis Launa mute indes vards-pasacits Melna burvju gramata sen jau ierakstits Viens otram rikles pargrauzis Del mantas un zelta Arvien vairak un vairak tos iekare dzis Klust tie vergu tauta Kurlas ausis Kurlas ausis melu vardus saklausis Nav vairs ilgi gan jau driz... Izsalcis vilks naks un apris sauli Gaisma izdzisis purvos bales kauli Cuska izlidis 2. Son Of The Mare On a mountain top By a clear wellspring Laima weaves fate Plaiting the thread A golden spinning-wheel runs under her feet Who will live and who will die Where joy will be heard and where tears will be shed One thread is long, the other is short As she decides, so shall she weave A cuckoo calls from a tree Behind the window a young lady is weeping: - "If only Laima would give me a son I would nurse and fondle him as best as I could!" Don't cry young lady – Laima already knows She weaves fate, plaiting the thread For soon there will be time for a hero to come For a hero to come and start his story In your dream you will see what must be done Catch a pike-fish, gut it and boil it She who will eat that pike Will soon become pregnant Half man, half beast – the mare will bear a son Like flint, like steel – undefeatable! But everything will happen as Laima has decreed There will be three who eat that pike A son born from a lady, another from a maidservant But loudest cried third one in the white mare's stable Half man, half beast – the mare will bear a son Like flint, like steel – undefeatable! They will become like brothers But one will be above them all Not by years, but by days he will grow Kurbads - son of the mare he will be called No work will be too hard for him On the third year they send him to hunt On the seventh he boldly lifts his sword He will roll boulders like they were peas He's Kurbads - son of the mare 3. The Nine-headed 4. Bewitched Forest 5. In The Yard Of The Father's Son 6. The Devilslayer 7. The Stone Sentinel 8. In The Underworld Tell us, Kurbads, where have you been In the foreign lands what you have seen? People have long sung songs about you Of devils and monsters you have fought I have been in the Underworld Can anyone believe that? I chopped down three devils there And saved the king's daughter Tell us, Kurbads, say the truth How did you descend into the Underworld? Did it really go easy for you? And how did you ever return back home? It was hard down there But I had powerful words with me * They helped and protected me Even Laima herself paved my way The Snake Witch bit my rope in two I fell back And was forced to go and find another way out The monstrous werewolf I overcame I helped a blind man Regain his eyesight The nestling of a great eagle I saved from the hail For such deeds Eagle repaid me greatly Great eagle carried me Out to the surface Then I arrived home at last That's how it was That's what happened to me in the Underworld [*Powerful words:] I was born a child of iron A mother of steel gave me life I put on a jacket of iron A coat made of steel They struck at me, stabbed at me Like a block of oak They couldn't hit or stab me Like to a chunk of steel 9. Black Rider 10. The Last Battle 11. Kurbads