Sanctifica - Spirit Of Purity (2000)


Riket

Seger giv, du segerrike.
Konung till din kamp oss vig.
Ingen man må provet svike
när du för ditt rikes krig.

Hys och led vår trängda skara.
Hör, till dig i bön vi fly.
Låt oss snart från natt och fara
se din frihetsmorgon fry.

Bryt o Here, bräck och krossa
hela mörkrets våld och kraft.
Dödens bojor du kan lossa.
Du som liv till seger bragt.

Ack vår kraft är ganska ringa.
Giv oss Herre, dag för dag
mod att ej med världen tinga.
Giv ett bergfast sinnelag.


The Empire (english translation)

Bring victory, you victorious.
Consecrate us unto your fight, you sovereign.
None may fail the test
when you fight the war of your empire.

Cherish and lead our pressed crowd.
Hear, unto you in prayer we flee.
Let us soon from night and danger
see your dawn of freedom arise.

Break o Lord, surpass and rout
the power and dominion of darkness.
The bonds of death you can detach.
You who has brought life to victory.

Alas, our force is rather small.
Give us Lord, day by day
courage not to engage the world.
Bring a disposition solid as the rock.


The Dark Desires

I walk on a path of desolation
where screams and tears
has a sound of bitterness.
O almighty, why can't i see
the darkness that blinds my view.

Lost in an empty essence
where darkness reign night and day.
My yearning to a life of victory
drowns in greif and misery.

Why shall my flesh be consumed
of this lust of evil
that perverts the creation of God?
The seduces that blackens my heart
makes my soul to tear apart.

Like the dew of the morning
delivers the cold shape of night.
As rays of hope brings a dawn of freedom.
Emperor of universe release my bounds
and set me free by the blood of Christ.


Released From Pain

Allene, jag vandrar igenom mörkom dal.
Evinnerligen, jag förnimmen mitt hjärtas svåra kval.
Jag äro omsluten av idel död
och sorgtyngd vånda.
Ty vari ligger glädjen
att natten aldrig förvandlad varda uti dag?
Frosten berövar mig ej sin kyla.
Demoner, I skådar huru min själ stilla tyna.
Och se, jag sågo en gulblek häst,
med styggelsens banér.
Ty detta odjur mitt öde mig skola giva,
för att jag icke må hava frid.

Och verop fylla min torkade strupe.
Min sömn skola hemsökas
av dessa mina skrik.
Allene, jag vandra genom mörkom dal.

Within despair i will remain,
until the casket becomes my bed.
This dark embrace of grief,
entices me with chains of red.
But listen, hear the cries
of another man in pain.
Blood as red as the blood
dripping from my chains.

Behold, a lamb, nailed to a cross,
filled with the sins of mankind.
But still his tears are shining of hope,
his death is not his end.
Arisen from hades, satan enslaved,
the dusk turned to dawn.
Take his hand, reveal his gift,
do not fear the death of mourn.
Ty vari ligger rädslan att uppenbara Hans kärlek?
Att eder maror i natten skola finna sitt slut?
Ty mörker och smärta skola vika hän
och eder sorg borttagas den dag ni finner
att Herren är Gud och tager emot hans kall.

Om jag så vandra genom mörkom dal
fruktar jag intet ont.
Ty Herren min Gud han följer mig
genom djupast kval.

Released by God I am,
within his almighty strength I stand.
And now I know the day that holds my end.
Cannot bring me suffer, neither pain,
my fear has turned to hope.
His strength... stronger than all.


Released From Pain (english translation)

Alone, I wander through this dark valley.
Eternally, I feel the pain of my heart.
I am embraced by sheer death
and agony weighed down by grief.
For wherein lies the pleasure
that night never turn into day?

The frost will not deprive me its coldness.
Demons, you see how my soul quietly pine away.
And see, I saw a pale horse,
with the banner of abomination.
For this beast would give unto me my fate,
so that I will not have peace.

And woe fill my dry throat.
My sleep will be visited
by these screams of mine.
Alone, I wander through this dark valley.

Within despair i will remain,
until the casket becomes my bed.
This dark embrace of grief,
entices me with chains of red.
But listen, hear the cries
of another man in pain.
Blood as red as the blood
dripping from my chains.

Behold, a lamb, nailed to a cross,
filled with the sins of mankind.
But still his tears are shining of hope,
his death is not his end.
Arisen from hades, satan enslaved,
the dusk turned to dawn.
Take his hand, reveal his gift,
do not fear the death of mourn.

For wherein lies the fear to reveal His love?
That your nightmares would find their end?
For darkness and pain shall yield
and thy grief be gone the day you find
that the Lord is God and recieve his call.
And if I wander through dark valleys
I will fear no evil.
For the Lord my God is following me
through deepest pain.

Released by God I am,
within his almighty strength I stand.
And now I know the day that holds my end.
Cannot bring me suffer, neither pain,
my fear has turned to hope.
His strength... stronger than all.


Spirit Of Purity

Like an endless sound you whisper.
Like burning fire you walk through water.
Where water is calm there is my yearning to appeal you.
If danger lie in wait at night i will not fear my destiny
because you surround me with courage of victory.

Shadows embrace the sorrows of pain.
The dawn reveal the brew of life.
Spirit of purity, my soul you sheild.

O you mighty spirit.
Before time you were created.
From the father you have arised,
Your greatness no one can conquer.
O you mighty spirit.
Before time you were created.
You are an essence of power,
the timeless universe you embrace.

The demons of darkness cannot fight him.
His power is eternal.
As a wind he liberates,
liberates the curse of hell.
The messenger of purity you are,
like a flame of fire you fill my soul.
So fill my soul with purity,
purity by the blood of Christ.

Shadows embrace the sorrows of pain.
The dawn reveal the brew of life.
Spirit of purity, my souls you sheild.

O you mighty spirit.
Before time you were created.
From the father you have arised,
Your greatness no one can conquer.
O you mighty spirit.
Before time you were created.
You are an essence of power,
the timeless universe you embrace.


Allhärskeren

Din ande sveper över Nordens rike.
Ditt ljus skola lysa för all tid.
Allhärskare över hela universum,
Du är vår konung, vår Far.

Du dog på ett kors
och uppstod på tredje dagen.
Evigt liv du bringe,
i evighet vi leve.
Vi skall kämpa mot ondskan.
Vi skall strida för ljus.
Giv oss kraft,
som Kristi krigare.
Kristus skall regera för all tid.

Frukta icke ondskan,
ty Kristus har vunnit seger.
Frukta dock Gud, konungars konung.
För han har skapat dig,
och friköpt dig till evigheten!


The Emperor (english translation)

Your spirit is sweeping over the nordic realm.
Your light will shine forever.
Master over the whole universe.
You are our emperor, our father.

You died upon a cross
and rose on the third day.
Eternal life you bring,
in eternity we live.

We shall fight against evil.
We shall struggle for light.
Give us strength
as warriors of Christ.
Christ will reign forever.

Fear not the evil.
For christ have conquered.
Yet, fear God for he has created you
and freed you to eternity.


Landscape

Cold winds are blowing
in the forest of the north.
Embrace my soul
Eternal Master.

The stars are your creation.
And the moonlight that shine in my face.
Blessed is the nature
that gives me strength.

Autumn leaves falls
like a preparation for the winter.
The trees are quiet in its rest.
The quilt of the winter covers the landscape
as your power embrace our hearts.

Even if the cold tries to drown me
you will still remain.


The Dark Embrace Of Night

"Will it find it's way back
or will it never again shine?"
one may wonder when the sun disappears
and the dark night embraces the land.

But after each night comes the dawn
and the sun again gives life to the forest.
And the flower in it's magnificence
silently worship the creator.

As the nocturnal activities of the forest
may frighten the sons of Adam,
the creatures of the nocturnal forest
is to worship the son of God.

The creator of all,
the spirit of our lives,
the deliverer of mankind;
I welcome thee deep
into the heart of mine.


The Wanderer

Oh this painful path.
I try to walk but am forced to fall.
Again and again
lashed by this whip of twisted truth
that perverts the minds of millions.

Master, come with your strength.
Master, come with your empire.
Master, embrace my soul.

This path that I walk
has been walked so many times.
And many are those
who wander with me.
I don't know them
and neither do they know me.

This path is the path
of confusion and bitterness.
There will be forks, I know,
where I must choose which way to go,
whom to follow.

I met many who claimed
the smaller path to be the better.
Yet most men seem to choose the other.
And who knows whether I will be
able to change my mind.

Come with your strength,
with your empire.
May your righteousness embrace my soul.
Guide me on my path
so I may never fall.
Protect me on my wandering.

Cause darkness has lost it's weight
by the blood of the holy Son.
For whose is the kingdom?
The power and the glory?
Forever and ever,
Amen.