Britannia [English translation]

Across the sea they came

Hengist und Horsa1

In their wake we followed

Sons of the Saxon tribe

Dreaming of a new existence

We set foot on the torn land

Suppressed and then destroyed

Misdeed by Roman hand

O, Britannia2

Land of fury

Left by Rome

After eternal slavery

O, Britannia

Payed the price

Cursed the Gods

For a Heaven’s Paradise

Vortigern3 had asked them

To fight for this bleeding realm

We fought the threat in the north

And forced the Picts4 into the dirt

He rewarded us with gold and land

And celebrated with us in his hall

We drank with him to the alliance

Celebrated peace before the fall

But the toast passes by

Because after peace comes treason

Vortigern’s alliance finds no ally

His people don’t give the land away

And the British God tolerates no other

They only accept the Heaven’s Paradise

Brothers of the North Sea

Fight for your existence

The alliance is broken now

The peace is dismissed

At nighttime

The Saxon overcomes resistance

Drives the Britons5 to the sea

Shunt off to the shore as strangers6

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hengist_and_Horsa2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Britain3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortigern4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picts5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Britons6. After the Roman legions had left, Britannia was no longer protected against the threats they faced. So the warlords of Britain, represented by Vortigern, asked Germanic warriors and mercenaries to help to protect their lands. The Saxon brothers Hengist and Horsa heeded to this call and they helped to defeat the Picts. Vortigern rewarded them with gold but they wanted land instead. Now the warlords of Bitain turn against Vortigern and the Saxons. This starts the war where the Saxons drive the Britons away and gain control of their lands.

• Artist:Heidevolk
• Album:Vuur van Verzet