Strength through Joy/Ostara - Song of Amergin

Ostara performing "Song of Amergin" (Strength through Joy was the name of the band at the time the song was originally released).

Lyrics are adaptation of this ancient poem:

I am a stag: of seven tines,
I am a flood: across a plain,
I am a wind: on a deep lake,
I am a tear: the Sun lets fall,
I am a hawk: above the cliff,
I am a thorn: beneath the nail,
I am a wonder: among flowers,
I am a wizard: who but I
Sets the cool head aflame with smoke?

I am a spear: that roars for blood,
I am a salmon: in a pool,
I am a lure: from paradise,
I am a hill: where poets walk,
I am a boar: ruthless and red,
I am a breaker: threatening doom,
I am a tide: that drags to death,
I am an infant: who but I
Peeps from the unhewn dolmen, arch?

I am the womb: of every holt,
I am the blaze: on every hill,
I am the queen: of every hive,
I am the shield: for every head,
I am the tomb: of every hope.


This is an unreleased bootleg recording.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• ostara
• neofolk
• celtic

[sephious159]

cool

[glun]

Where can I get the bootleg? Or is it the version from the "Plauen 1997" compilation? (I've yet to come by with that one!).

[JeskolaRome]

veeery nice

[pssstockarena]

awesome