Therion je švédská metalová kapela založená roku 1987 Christoferem Johnssonem. Její jméno pochází z řeckého therion (θηρίον), což znamená šelma ve smyslu biblické Apokalypsy; Johnsson je převzal z názvu alba švýcarské black metalové kapely Celtic...

Píseň: Via Nocturna

Interpret:
Therion
Album:
Deggial
[The Path] 


Deep in the wood, in the dark, there's a way 
Follow this path and you'll meet a strange crowd 


In the forest you will meet 
Silhouettes of your dreams 
Dancing on the path you walk. 
Things you have frightened 
You now find so sweet. 
On the path of darkness 
Your wishes become real. 
On the crossroad you will meet 
What your heart desire. 
Take a glance upon the shadows 
On you see your face in them. 
When you wake up you wish 
You will sleep again. 


[Hexentanz] 


Follow via nocturna and luna 


Join the dance of hexentanz 
And meet the mephisto. 
Follow via nocturna and luna 


All this fauns and weird companions 
Moonstruck witches and their demons 


"follow the nightway and become one of us" 
So says the celebrants of the hexentanz. 
They gather at bro-cken, on hills and the seas 
Dancing to the flute of pan until dawn 
They will show you strange worlds of the night, 
Land of the moonlight and of dark memories, 
Caress the lady who is leading the dance, 
Know her name is lilith - the queen of the night 
She tells you secrets in the form of the owl, 
Open your inner passions and your desire. 
"here in the wilderness we are really free 
To do our true will and to be like the beasts. 
Some call us barbarians and we are proud of that, 
No passion is forbidden, no pleasure or pain 
I can show you a paradise you've called a sin 
We do our true will and call it arcady" 


Via nocturna, the path of nahema 
Via nocturna, will lead you to lilith and pan. 


In the deepest forest 
In the deepest dark 
You will find the fire 
And this secret path 


When you wake up you will believe it was a wonderful dream 
And that you never will caress the lady of the night again, 
But you will at once if you enter the via nocturna.