BATTLE AT GAROZA FOREST

Burn, my heart, burn in blazing hate
Let my hand grip the sword tight
Over the forest the clatter of horses' hoofs is heard
There's someone riding to find the end on this ground
The rivers of blood will be flowing soon
And many will never see the sun again...

Dead silence is lying at forest
And darkness still covers the trees
The men who are marked by the crosses
Are sleeping, they don't hear, don't see

They don't see in depths of thicket
The eyes are shining like lights
And don't feel the breath of death
That mother of Velins* is blowing upon them

- Time to wake up, it's time to wake up -
Is silently calling some threatening voice
There's black raven cawing at tree:
"You all will meet your end here!"

The silence is broken by a loud battle cry
There Semigalls are coming through the thicket
Like a black shadow of death
They start rolling against the christians
They strike the crusaders' rows
And snow is splashed by blood
Now moans are heard and swords are trickling
Many eyes are closed for the deadly sleep

Till finally the whole crowd of Christians is falling to pieces
Undefeatable is the Semigalls' rage and battle-spirit this day

Hey, ravens, fly and bring the message to Semigallia:
"The foe lies broken in forest at Garoza!"