Let There Be Night
2018-09-18 | 4 mins | Bobtags: music
The heavy-metal song Let There Be Night by Powerwolf was first released on the album Blessed & Possessed1 by Napalm Records in 2015.
Attila Dorn – the vocalist of the band – is known for singing lyrics partly in latin (e.g. Lupus Dei in the same named album from 2007). In Let There Be Night the chants are sung in a different language tho. Most sources say its Hebrew but if you compare it with it’s corresponding verses in the Bible (Genesis 1:3)2 you’re not finding any similarities with the sound of the vocals. Speaking of that, the actual lyrics for those strophes aren’t written anywhere. Metal enthusiasts and fans of Powerwolf know the language as “Attilaian” which he made up by himself and most likely cannot be understood by any other person.
Most recently in 2018, an official cover of the song was published on the second CD of the limited deluxe edititon of the album The Sacrament Of Sin3. In this cover by Kissin’ Dynamite, all lyrics are in English language. You could expect the verses to be a more or less 1:1 translation of the Attilaian lyrics as the line counts and lengths match pretty good. Unfortunately those aren’t written anywhere as well.
So I’ve done some research and repeated listening to come up with some usable lyrics. You can find the original Attilaian and the cover’s translation side by side here:
| Blessed & Possessed | The Sacrament Of Sin |
|---|---|
| bo so yo tor e ro re sai e re sa re de cera ron yo ro re se yo o re da ra sa yo se re cara |
Before the dawn We all abide May the dark be a sovereign In midnight light We praise our lord For all the pale lunar light |
| yo bo re so yo ma ra ra so yo care re ne mar o yo ve le tai yo so le po ro toy yo sor re ci rai |
The sun has gone Beyond the skies Days have come to the final end No more we hide We raise the sword to glory bound Side by side |
| Let there be night God bless the father, the son Let there be night And day be gone Let there be night The mass of dark has begun Let there be night And damn the sun |
Let there be night God bless the father, the son Let there be night And day be gone Let there be night The mass of dark has begun Let there be night And damn the sun |
| E sa ra ro Yo ra re sai Ho re seti yo hana no Da re ra me Yo so re te Sa ta yo se re cara |
Before the fall We all decline May the moon be our savior In twilight high We roam and dead for God we drink sanguine wine |
| Yo bo ra mo, yo ho ra ta Se rata ya ye cera roy Re ro re se, yo bo ra na se Ah ri se re ma ta |
The father’s call the Cross desired Raise your cup to the fallen saints At dawn we die by grace divine Oh dawn, the dusk be our guide |
| Let there be night God bless the father, the son Let there be night And day be gone Let there be night The mass of dark has begun Let there be night And damn the sun |
Let there be night God bless the father, the son Let there be night And day be gone Let there be night The mass of dark has begun Let there be night And damn the sun |