En las ruinas del palacio, dicen Se ven extrañas luces correr Cernidas en la nebulosa noche Del melancólico invierno Entre los insepultos huesos De sus antiguos moradores El rayo de luna blanquea el haz Del escudo de su patrón A la hora del lobo, dicen Se oye el metálico son De las armas que allí yacen Malditas por su negro vestigio Bajo las enzarzadas almenas Diabólicos festines celebran Vasos sagrados son profanados Sirviendo de copa sangrienta El cielo cubierto De furia inminente Orna la tierra De rojo vehemente Fanfarrias de guerra Anuncian el paso Del cruzado maldito La sangre humea en las manos De sus terribles secuaces Reencarnado el diablo en metal oxidado Forjado en las sombras del reino negado Jamás desnuda las armas Ni entrega sueño Las espadas no le hieren Más se hunden sin matarlo El fuego enrojece su cota E impávido entre llamas Busca nuevas victimas El desprecia el oro Y aborrece la hermosura No hay ambición que le inquiete Ni lagrima que le conmueva Correrías nocturnas Lidera con brío Sus feroces gemidos Son por todos temidos Abortada del odio Es su impía mesnada Aroma de resina ardiente Porta la brisa del crepúsculo Tromba de chispas rojas Danzan furiosas en el horizonte Cabalgando entre nubes de humo Llegan los jinetes del Segre Sobre la desatada tempestad Agitados al soplo de la ira

Izakiek sortutako usteltzea Praketan kabitu ezinik Gizonen indarra ezabaezina bihurtuta Sortutako giro kutsatu berriari ohituta Goseteak, izurriteak eta uholdeak Hiesa, eritasunak eta sifilisa Minbizia, herdoila, haratustela Gizonak, emakumeak, umeak Erreken negarra harkaitzak darama Bai larruzko hezurrak banan bana Begiek biziaren indarra higatuta Euriak bizitza darama Kobazuloen oroimenena galdu zen Bizidunen su bustiak itotzen Lurrean zuhaitzen behatzak Ametsen esanahi ulergaitzak Landa bat da gizakiekin Gizakiak bat dira lurrarekin Gainbeheraren hasiera Egunsentiaren bidea Asto izan eta mando bizi Etorkizuna begian eduki Ohitu ezinari bide emanda Honezkero, su eta salda Gure onenak emanak dira Lurrak larrutik ordainduko gaitu Izurritearen enbor bereko ezpalak gara Bukatuko da abestien tralarararalara Gu jainko bera gera Lur biziaren ura Arimaren indarrean Eskuen adimena

I The dark Chaos had come out as a confused mass from the depth of the Nothing, on the first sound of the almighty Word, and one would have said that disorder made it, and that it could not be the work of a God, formless as it was. All things in it were in a deep rest, and the elements in it were confused, because the divine Spirit did not yet distinguish them. II Who could now tell in which way the Heavens, the Earth and the Sea have been formed so light in themselves, and so vast, taking into account their wide spread? Who could explain how the Sun and the Moon have received the movement and the light, and how everything we see down here, has its form and it’s being? Who could eventually understand how everything has received its own denomination, has been animated by its proper spirit, and while coming out of the impure and unordered mass of the Chaos, has been regulated by a law, a quantity and a measure? III O you, children and imitators of the divine Hermes, to whom the science of your father showed the nature discovered, only you, only you know how this immortal hand has formed the Earth and the Heavens out of this formless mass of the Chaos; since your Great Work shows clearly that God has created all things in the same way that your Philosophical Elixir is made. IV But it does not belong to my weak pen to draw such a great picture; I am only a puny child of the Art, without any experience. It is not that your savant writings didn’t make me perceive the real goal one should go for, nor that I don’t know this Ilias, which has in it all we need, as well as this admirable composite through which you could bring the virtue of the elements from power to act. V It’s not that I do not know your secret Mercury, which is no other than a living, universal and innate spirit, which, in the form of airy vapour, comes down ceaselessly from heaven to earth in order to fill its porous belly, which then is born in the middle of impure sulphurs, and while growing, changes nature from volatile to fixed, giving itself the form of a radical fluid. VI It is not that I do not know yet, that if our oval Vessel is not sealed by Winter, it will never be able to keep the precious vapour, and that our beautiful child will die at birth, if it is not promptly rescued by an industrious hand and by the eyes of a lynx, since otherwise it will not be able to feed on its first humour, to the example of man, who, after feeding on impure blood in the mother’s womb, lives on milk when he comes on earth. VII Even if I know all these things, I do not dare yet to prove them to you, the errors of others always making me incertain. But if you are more touched by pity than by envy, dare to remove from my mind all doubts which embarrass it, and if I can be happy enough to explain distinctly in my books all which concerns your magistry, make, I conjure you, that I have from you as an answer: Work hard, since you know what has to be known.

Basoan zehar Mendian gora Ilena jarraitzen Gizaki piztiak Ilunpean jarainduak Akelarreko maisterrak Bidetatik zehar Gauekoen uluak Berriztutako indarrekin Tontorretan entzuten dira! Aupe erra! Gaueko Indarrak Hartu zure aizkorak Asti gudariok! Birjaio eta bizi Ilenaren babesean Uluka ta karrasiz Santutegiaren sarreran Kanta eta esan Astien ezaguera hitz magikoak Inoiz idatziak Sutan igartzen Numenen adimenak Jasoten agerkundeak Izarrak beatzen mendi tontorrean Bidea gauzatu da Adarrak ta hostoak Ta gaueko piztiak Haien abesti zerutarra Harri batean Leizearen barrunbetan Ituna sinatu da Sua eta odola Aldare gainean Ta konpania kantan Zeru uztaia Leizean ikusten da Astiaren sorginkeria Gauan indartzen da! Astikeriak kanta Harriaren inguruan Gure odola diraki Bihotzaren barnean Begiak moldatzen dira Iluntasunekin Atzaparrak zorrozten dira Haginak kosk egiteko prest! Leizetako piztiak Zatozte deialdira Gaua da zeuena Oartu zure izaera Begiak moldatzen dira Iluntasunekin Atzaparrak zorrozten dira Haginak kosk egiteko prest! Astikeriak kanta Suaren inguruan Ilunpean dantzatzen Basatien Leizean! Basoan zehar Mendian gora Ilena jarraitzen Gizaki piztiak Ilunpean jarainduak Akelarreko maisterrak Bidetatik zehar Gauekoen uluak Berriztutako indarrekin Tontorretan entzuten dira! BARSKUNES! Ulukatzen dute Defuntuen ahotsek ARRE TAKE! Izarbidearen hertzean Zerua ikusten den leizean Jakinaren hilobia

Oh padre cielo Ser primigenio Yaces durmiendo Ajeno al tiempo Sueñas tu nombre Llena el vacío De entre las aguas Emerge un disco Surcas los mares Del firmamento Portas el fuego La luz y el trueno Los astros giran En armonía Entorno al árbol Más allá del norte Tras el horizonte Cruzas negros lagos Oscuras cavernas Revelan secretos Serpientes y perros Te atrapan y hieren Mueres y renaces Fecundas el suelo Astas de ciervo Ojo de cuervo Abre los caminos Que llevan al centro Oh noble ancestro Sobre las cumbres Descansa invicto En tu profundo sueño