Saltatio Mortis - Krieg Kennt Keine Sieger

[English translation:]

[War Knows No Victor ]
[Translated by Sam Westervelt]

Behind a black veil
weep uncountable eyes
for their scorched lands
and fatherless country

They weep for a dead brother
who fell in the service of god
They weep tears without hope
while death plays his game

War knows no victor
the father and the son become
warriors for god
war knows no victor
it devours all and gives
nothing back, save fallen warriors

Behind the walls of a temple a wrathful preacher makes his sermon
and the poison in his words
turns to blood on the battlefield

Sons become soldiers
praying devoutly for victory
dying young without the chance to live:
only death wins in war

For whom have you died?
For what have you burned?
Your blood dries on desert sands
Who has cheated you?
Whom did you run after?
Could you not see the lies?
What have you won?
For whom have you fought?

You were a great warrior
and yet today your song is unsung
You were a great warrior, but war
knows no victor