[Verse 1 – deep, slow female chant, drone background] Æsce tō æmere, nama tō lēome, Ic clypige þā forlorene, nā tō scande. Gemynd glīteð, næfre forweard— Þurh velu fyr, hī lifiað still. Swæsend on bearwa bremiað, Naman hweopaþ under heofonum. On tearum, on sangum, hī swā hwæt, Þurh ūs hī hlytað, strang and hwæt. --- [Chorus – full ensemble, harmonic female lead, ritual percussion] Heorþ gemynde, lēohte weg, Lǣd þā sāwla þe noldon becuman. Næfre tō binde, ac tō lǣtan, Hiera lufu lið — ūre sibb lifiende. --- [Verse 2 – medium tone, layered chant with soft male echo] On sūsl-windum, ic hī gehyre, Stefn ne sār, ac swāte and mild. Hī lærde me arfæstnesse and frōfor, And lēode lēoht on eallum stōwum. Þurh hleahtor, þurh rēn, þurh swīg, Hiera gast singeð on fyre līg. Unbrocen, ēce, be glōw, Hī syndan her — nā swā ǣr, ac nū. --- [Chorus – strong, rising rhythm, drums and low throat singing] Heorþ gemynde, lēohte weg, Lǣd þā sāwla þe noldon becuman. Næfre tō binde, ac tō lǣtan, Hiera lufu lið — ūre sibb lifiende. --- [Bridge – ritual whisper chant, echoing male/female alternating lines] Fyr tō smōce, smōc tō lyfte, Brēaþ tō swēge, bēn tō hyge. Heorte tō heorte, swefn tō swefne, Flōwan hī on ēcelīcum strēame. (chanting echo) Ealdrīce lēoma, līf sāwla, Ealdrīce stefne, līf āwa. --- [Final Chorus – powerful collective chant, crescendo to silence] Heorþ gemynde, lēohte weg, Þurh þēostru hī swā hwæt resteð. Nā swā sceadu, ac swā lēoht, Þæt sprecað ūre naman. --- [Outro – single female voice, distant reverb, fading into silence] Æsce tō æmere, nama tō lēome, Ic clypige þā forlorene — and hī restað mid ūs.
