As the Shadow Pass the Days

Réquiem aetérnam dona eis, Dómine, et lux perpétua lúceat eis

HUNDRED YEARS HAVE FLOWED ABOVE THE GOLDEN DUNES OF THE SACRED GROUND

UNDER DECEPTION OF A ROTTEN CHURCH AND AN IRON FIST OF THE IMPERIAL RULE

AS THE SHADOW PASS THE DAYS A LETHAL THREAT HAS RISEN FROM A DISTANT EAST

LIKE A DREADFUL OMEN OF DOOM STRIKING WITH THE FORCE OF A THUNDERSTORM

KINGDOM OF THE HEAVEN BURIED THROUGH THE SANDS

WOUNDED BY A STRUGGLE BROUGHT BY MORTAL HANDS

GARDEN OF THE KNOWLEDGE GRANTED TO THE CHOSEN

LIKE A BOUNDLESS OCEAN WITHIN THE AEONS FROZEN

LORDS OF THE DESERT WRAPPED IN BLACK CLOTHES

SUBDUED THE INFIDELS IN FRONT OF THEIR PASSAGE

THIRSTY FOR BLOOD LIKE A PACK OF OLD WOLVES

IN SEARCH OF A PREY TO DEVOUR IN THE CARNAGE

Be without fear in the face of your enemies

Be brave and upright that God may love thee

Speak only truth even if it leads you to death

Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong...

...That is your oath

GUIDED BY THE SOLEMN BOND ENGRAVED IN HEARTS AND SOULS

THE TEMPLE KNIGHTS WERE GATHERED IN FRONT OF CITY WALLS

FAITHFUL TO THEIR COAT OF ARMS AND TO THE ART OF WARFARE

THEY GAZED INTO THE DISTANT SKIES EVOKING ONE LAST PRAYER

THUS BEGAN THE DECISIVE BATTLE FOR A NEW SUPREMACY OVER THE HOLY LAND

MIGHTY WARRIORS CLASHED INTO A PIERCING VORTEX OF THE MERCILESS STEEL

THE BESIEGE OF EMPYREAN CITY LASTED FOR TWELVE DAYS IN A GRASP OF DEATH

THIS EVENT WAS REMEMBERED BY MANY AS A FINAL PAGE OF THE GREAT CRUSADE

Réquiem aetérnam dona eis, Dómine, et lux perpétua lúceat eis