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Before Dawn

from Woruld by Anhaga

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Anhaga - Before Dawn Lyrics
(Lines taken from the 10th century old english poem "The Wanderer")


Oft ic sceolde ana
uhtna gehwylce
mine ceare cwiþan.
Ne mæg werig mod
wyrde wiðstondan.
Wat se þe cunnað
hu sliþen bið
sorg to geferan.

Wyn eal gedreas!

Wyn eal gedreas!
Wyn eal gedreas!
Wyn eal gedreas!
Wyn eal gedreas!
Wyn eal gedreas!

Eall is earfoðlic
eorþan rice,
onwendeð wyrda gesceaft
weoruld under heofnum.

Her bið feoh læne
Her bið freond læne
Her bið mon læne
Her bið mæg læne

Eal þis eorþan gesteal
idel weorþeð!

English Translation

Often I had alone
to speak of my trouble
each morning before dawn.
The weary spirit cannot
withstand fate.
He who has tried it knows
how cruel is
sorrow as a companion.
All the joy has died!

All the joy had died!
All the joy had died!
All the joy had died!
All the joy had died!
All the joy had died!

All is troublesome
in this earthly kingdom
the turn of events changes
the world under the heavens.
Here money is fleeting
Here friend is fleeting
Here man is fleeting
Here kinsman is fleeting
All the foundation of this world
turns to waste!

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from Woruld, released March 3, 2023

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Anhaga seeks a connection with the human ages that came before us and in turn, their connection to the natural world.

We are connected to them as they are connected to us.

Building instruments and collecting sounds from nature and ancient places, Anhaga tries to offer a way of remembering those connections to the past and the natural world, rather than trying to recreate what came before.
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