COF 2: The Soul Spells

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Honor and Valor (a creed)

By the holy blood of Nira
On your throne shall we stand
By your strength we draw nearer
By your protection we keep our land
Dispel your might upon our sacred soils
We say this in prayer, with supplication draw
Nira, these years you have been with us on our toils
By your power and guidance, redeem our law
To honor and valor, we dedicate this tribute
Be with us, be with our souls in all days
Save us from our enemies' dispute
To Nira, we put trust in display
To honor and valor we thank your light
In Nira, the great god in the sky, we reside
Come, watch over us with your great sight
Fill us with honor and valor, we abide

Oh the Lonely Little Love (a folk song)

Oh look, the lonely little love is by
Many face it took, many lives, laws defy
Years come and years go, all bright and gleam
So lonely little love stood by, a shadow in dream

Oh the lonely little love, first form
Mother's own, given life we conform
But years come and we forget her run
So we skip a little harsher against the sun

Oh the lonely little love takes second flight
Brother's own, given pride we see light
But years came and we forget his stride
So we run a little harder away from his side

Oh the lonely little love a third time, spoke
Friend's own, counsel freedom, treated like smoke
In the years that come, words vanished and dismiss
So they reach a little louder, in reproach insist

Oh the lonely little love took one final face
Lover's own at last we notice its rays
Years will pass and we shan't forget a bit
How this love's face touched and what lamps it lit

Oh sigh in wonder as love nigh asunder
No wonder, love is the greatest hero yonder
To this day we sing, shout this love's name
The lonely little love, in every form, is the same

Rafaline (a folk love song)

Down the fall, up the stream, follow mine love to thee
Rafaline, mine love, the one I shall forever long to see
Sun's dazzle rays, beheld thy absolute beauty
So Rafaline, mine darling, in the sailor's web meet me

Cheer, shout, in the blood song's tragic death, lovers' consent
Up below, down above in the wraith's call, drown in tears lent
Mine darling, mine love, sing mine song to heart ardor, content
Thousand years shall I wait until afterlife, time, and love, go and went

Through the trail of lights, in the weaver's meadow shall I be
Mine dear Rafaline, come now in the house of dawn while still free
Peril awaits thy journey down the hill of sorrow and mystery
Rafaline, thou art nowhere in the loneliness of mine agony

Cheer, shout, in the liar's song, tragic demise, lovers' consent
Up below, down above, nowhere is safe, will and freedom bent
Mine darling, mine love, shout mine promise to mountains gent
Thousand years shall I wait until patience thin, lost and spent

The night is deep, stars shine but no more than thee
Mine one true love, Rafaline, hasten and come quickly
Under the faceless star, pass through the shepherd's valley
Thou shall be mine, jewel amidst treasure, gold shone dully

Cheer, shout, in the anchor's moon, tragic crystal, lover's consent
Up below, down above, destruction follows thine valiant heart by moment
Into the devil's mouth shall you trod, in angel's wisdom thy shall repent
Thousand years shall I wait, wars and peace, increase to tenth

A story, a dream, a love so pure yet in misery
Rafaline, mine dear darling, thy soul love sustains me
In the absence of thine grace, I am so true lonely
So come now, in the witch's fall, meet me

Cheer, shout, dwell in the knife's only song of total death
Up below, down above, shall we finish the path taken set
Mine one and only love, bear mine mark in your heart, never forget
Thousand years shall I endure, I shall wait in my casket

Rafaline, O mine darling, I am in chains in the knight's armory
Below the King's cross, flowers are scarce, so plead amnesty
Find me, for I am trapped on the claws of harsh reality
Save mine soul, mine Rafaline, save mine fate from penalty

Cheer, shout, ghosted love, hope nothing to whet
Up below, down above, in the vicious forest shall we lay in regret
Darling, mine dear, declare freedom in the sea of time to forget
Remember no more, how long do memories last in torrent's rivet

But where are thou, Rafaline, in the vast recollection of the sea
I am still here, years and endless days did I hope to be free
Melody, anguish, and death is mine only memory of thee
Rafaline, mine dear love, where is salvation when I needed be?

Cheer. shout, in the blood song's tragic death, thou shall find
Up below, down above, in the skull's grave, I left traces kind
Darling, even though in this life, you failed to save mine heart
Remember me in the next, pieces of mine soul time have taken apart