Call of Twelve Empires
Beyond the stars our fathers wandered,
Beyond the night our mothers sailed,
Twelve suns arose where Earth had vanished,
Twelve worlds where humankind prevailed!
Through iron storms and endless darkness,
Through centuries of toil and flame,
We kept alive the ancient promise—
The children shall remember her
name!
March on! March on!
The stars are burning!
March on! March on!
The drums resound!
The sons of Earth are homeward turning!
Our ancient cradle has been found!
From twelve bright suns our banners streaming,
From twelve green worlds our legions rise!
The Motherland of Man is breathing— And humanity shall never die!
One world beneath the crown of kings!
One world where workers’ hammers ring!
One world where free republics stand!
One world ruled by the people’s hand!
Different flags
and different stories,
Different laws beneath the sun!
Yet our blood remembers Earth— Twelve worlds,
but humanity is one!
Эй! Раз, два!
Эй! Раз, два!
Hey! One, two!
Hey! One, two!
March together, sons of Terra!
Raise the standard, sound the drum!
Kings and workers, freeborn people— Hear the marching legions come!
March on! March on!
The stars are burning!
March on! March on!
The drums resound! The sons of Earth are homeward turning!
Our ancient cradle has been found!
Beneath the moon, the Death Dealers gather,
In blackened armor, cold as stone.
They claim the night,
they claim our mother,
They call a stolen world their own!
Their castles rise above the city,
Their ancient masters feast in pride.
But we have crossed the void to free you— The living shall
no longer hide!
No blood tax for the immortal!
No more children lost to fear!
Break the chains upon the mortal!
The armies of mankind are here!
Rise, O Earth! Your sons remember!
Rise, O Earth! Your daughters stand!
From twelve suns comes a new December— Freedom marches across your land!
Forward, soldiers! Forward, brothers!
Past the moons and burning skies!
For our sisters, for our fathers,
For the world where humankind first arose!
Let the vampires hear our singing!
Let their towers shake with dread!
We bring no crown to rule our kindred— We bring the living
back from the dead!
Who are we? THE CHILDREN OF EARTH!
Where do we march?
TO THE WORLD OF OUR BIRTH!
How many suns? TWELVE SUNS IN FLAME!
And what is our oath?
WE REMEMBER HER NAME!
Earth!
Earth! Our ancient Mother!
Earth!
Earth! We have returned!
Twelve worlds stand beside their sister— Let the torch of freedom burn!
Sleep no longer, ancient Mother,
Lift your eyes unto the skies!
There are worlds beyond your darkness,
There are stars where your children rise!
We have cities, we have harvests,
We have oceans, we have homes.
We have carried on your legacy
Across the endless, starry roads!
And we have not forgotten— No,
we have not forgotten— The world that gave us all our bones!
MARCH ON! MARCH ON!
THE STARS ARE BURNING!
MARCH ON! MARCH ON!
OUR FLEETS ADVANCE! TWELVE WORLDS OF MAN ARE HOMEWARD TURNING!
THE EARTH SHALL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE!
ONE HUMANITY! ONE ANCIENT CRADLE!
TWELVE SUNS ABOVE US SHINE!
OUR EARTH! OUR EARTH!
OUR EARTH FOREVER! THE STARS ARE YOURS—AND WE ARE THINE!
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