Solstitii Temporis Sensus

 

STS was the really first cd of OES. It was recorded in UK, in September 1990, and released the Winter Solstice day: December the 22nd, 1990.

 

 

 

I. Angoris Nox

II. Labyrinth

III. Obsessions

IV. Le Crépuscule de la Vie

V. De Fortuna

VI. Ope Earth

 

 

VII. Father of Incantation

VIII. Truth

IX. This is the Way

X. Solem Expectans

XI. Utopia

XII. Novus Dies

 

 

 

Angoris Nox

 

Pavoris tempora me circumvolvunt

Timores effrenati animam intercludunt enervem

Silentium noctis animum obscuro afficit metu

Inanis angor spem frangit reliquam

Procul elabor, per silvas altas currens umbriferasque

Parietes effugio, vincites me cingentesque

spiramem quaero lumenque

sed recido ut miles vulneratus

pessumdatus, non hostem repugno

Sed me ipsum, sed amicum dilectissimum

Repugno quod nuper intellexi

Ipsa in cortice pavorum itinere deero

Mane solis lumen expectans

Ex quo forsitan calorem traham

Sed cras, Sole lucente,

Quod fatum animam meam expectat?

by Deraclamo

 

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Le Crépuscule de la Vie

 

Au-delà des ruines de la futilité humaine

Au-delà des ruines du paradis terrestre

Se trouve une Lumière,

Une Lumière de puissance:

Le Feu des Mystères

Qui côtoie le Crépuscule de la Vie

Qui sait quand je traverserai ce passage?

Qui sait où et comment?

Et si la peur me possédait quand Son baiser m'effleurera?

Son baiser... passionné et froid

Un vie est probablement trop courte pour réaliser un rêve

Une mission ratée ou noyée dans le désespoir

Une volonté trop faible et perdue

Perdue dans un labyrinthe d'où personne ne sort jamais

Serai-je assez pour échapper à l'oubli

Ou la Vie n'est-elle qu'une épreuve inutile?

Si seulement je pouvais porter cette Lumière

Dans l'obscurité

Si seulement j'étais sûre que cela est un Don

Du Feu des Mystères qui côtoie le Crépuscule de la Vie

Si seulement j'étais sûre d'atteindre

Le Feu des Mystères qui côtoie le Crépuscule de la Vie...

by Leithana

 

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De Fortuna

 

O Fortuna potens, ac nimis levis

tantum juris atrox quae tibi vindicas,

evertisque bonos, erigis improbos,

nec servare potes muneribus fidem!

Fortuna immeritos auget honoribus,

Fortuna innocuos cladibus afficit;

justos illa viros pauperie gravat,

indignos eadem divitiis beat.

Haec aufert juvenes et retinet senes,

injusto arbitrio tempora dividens.

Quod dignis adimit transit ad impios,

nec discrimen habet rectave judicat,

incostans, fragilis, perfida, lubrica!

Nec quos clarificat perpetuo fovet,

nec quos deseruit perpetuo premit.

by Cealius Symposius

 

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Ope Earth

 

Ope earth, and take thy miserable sonne

Into the bowels of thy cursed wonbe,

Once in a surfet thou didst spuce him forth,

Now for fell hunger sucke him in againe,

And be his body poyson to thy vaines.

by Geoge Peele, 1599

 

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Father of Incantation

 

Guide me, ô Father of Incantation

Help me to understand Your secrets

Open my blind eyes to Your wisdom

Bring Your flame deep in my soul

Guide me, ô Father of Incantation

Far beyond death and darkness

Show me the way to liberation

From my flesh and from my thoughts

Guide me, ô Father of Incantation

On the way I have to fight for

With pride and faith in my hopeless conscience

With rage and will deep in my soul

by Leithana

 

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Truth

 

Am I just a wingless eagle

Which tries to fly away from the truth?

Can I accept my own convictions

Without shame, fear or pain?

Am I strong enough to fight

For my very deep desires?

Do I just follow destiny?

Do I really care about?

Am I just a dead dreamer

Which stares in front of the Truth?

Can I accept this cruel fetter?

Should I feel sorry for the world?

by Leithana

 

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This is the Way

 

Rain thrown down from the sky

A hand that waves goodbye

On a pathway never to be found

A lost sea, a home for the drowned

A Sun never to set or rise

And tears from eyes forever blind

This is the way,

this is the way…

by Tony Wakeford

 

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Solem Expectans

 

Solem expectantes, virides super agros

Florum turisque, molles odores

Ignis lux, solem nuntiat

Candelorum lux, prima luce extinguitur

Roris stillae, corpora nostra umefaciunt

Novissimis ignibus, ac novi luminibus

Soli, calefimus...

Solem expectans

Deo meo rerunque naturae

Adhuc in nebula, prospicimus mersas colles

Et meri ultimum, exhaurimus calicem

by Deraclamo

 

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Utopia

 

Ideals always try to charm man with its lies

A snare holding my life

A shelter for hope and pride

Ideals, my meaningless world

Ideals, my painful world

Ideals, my frightening world

Ideals, my dreamt world

I'm feeling so tired

How to change the world?

I'm feeling so sad

How to change the world?

by Leithana

 

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drawing by Frederic MacParthy

drawing by Frederic MacParthy

 

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