Szent László 2. Rész [English translation]

"Here, here good warriors!"

Gathers his people Endre Laczfi

Then suddenly there's a wild rush

The pagan ranks are falling apart

The scuffle is becoming so big

It seems the ground is shaking a bit

Many just stand still like a statue

Fear robs them of their wit

The shepherd's axe1is nimble

It knocks runners off their foot

Many won't move from where they stand

They'll be a prisoners, their horse is loot

Even the leader was captured

It's Atlamos2but what a shame

(He lost a lot of blood to a grave wound)

His life can't be saved

Up to Buda, Endre Laczfi!

He puts many prisoners on the road

So much plunder, so many flags

One can rarely see such a load

All the Tatars on a slave line

Still trembling with much fright

They are repenting and they wish

To be christianized

When they reached Nagy-Várad

- It happened to be the day of László3-

The race of wildmen lines up to be baptised

Laczfi being their godfather

A sea of people gathers to watch

To believe in the miracle that

The tongue of a decrepit, grave-bound

Silver haired Tatar spouts:

"It wasn't a Székely nor even Laczfi"

May God grant him long life by the way

But the one called László! László!

He defeated us in battle

He appeared when called

He was way taller then then anybody

Not before him, nor after

We haven't seen that in an army

The big man was sitting on a big horse

His face was formidable and majestic

With a crown on his head

From muddy gold, adorned with stones

In his right hand, quick as lightning

His battle-axe was dancing

No living man, feeble human

Or worm would wait for this being

Because that was no man from this world

Not one of the living people

Above his head was visible

The figure of a virgin, a glamorous woman

Her crown was made from sunlight

So coruscant, so bright!

The crowd said: That's Saint Ladislaus

And the Blessed Virgin Mary

And the tale of the old Tatar

Although none have doubted it

Was confirmed by a trustworthy

Guard of the temple

He searched for three days in the tomb

And the body of László could not be found

On the forth day his beatified body

Was found, sweaty all around

1. A long, thin light axe of Eurasian origin.2. The name of the leader of the Tatars.3. Name days are a Christian tradition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_day

• Artist:Dalriada
• Album:Arany - album (2009)