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Last Will

from L'Ac​é​phale by L'ACEPHALE

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about

Last Will is a poem by Friedrich Nietzsche from the collection Dithyrambs of Dionysus, 1984. Translated and edited by R.J Hollingdale. I chose a selection from the writings of Nietzsche for a song that would match the concept of Sovereignty that Laure and Bataille held. I believe that this piece characterizes the ideas that influenced them both.

The opening lines that accompany the metal portion of the song are the from Georges Bataille’s Le Coupable, 1944 (Guilty) which was translated by Bruce Boone in 1988. They open the book, which was written just after Laure had passed (1938) and seem an excellent counter point to Nietzsche’s poem.

lyrics

Last Will - Letzter Wille
Lyrics: Georges Bataille
Adapted by: S.S.N.L.
Translation: Bruce Boone
Vocals: Set Sothis Nox La

Drinking heavily from sky’s thunder
Heart shattered by lightning
Stars fall from the sky…

I lapped up the lightning
Burst into laughter
Heart bursting with lightning
Drinking heavily from sky’s thunder
Stars fall from the sky…

………………………


Lyrics: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Translation: R. J. Hollingdale)
Vocals: Markus Wolff & Ilana Hamilton

So sterben,
wie ich ihn einst sterben sah,
den Freund, der Blitze und Blicke
göttlich in meine dunkle Jugend warf:
mutwillig und tief,
in der Schlacht ein Tänzer,

unter Kriegern der Heiterste,
unter Siegern der Schwerste,
auf seinem Schicksal ein Schicksal stehend,
hart, nachdenklich, vordenklich:

erzitternd darob, daß er siegte,
jauchzend darüber, daß er sterbend siegte:

befehlend, indem er starb,
und er befahl, daß man vernichte...

So sterben,
wie ich ihn einst sterben sah:
siegend, vernichtend...


……………….

So to die,
As once I saw him die,
The friend who like a God
Cast glances of lightning into my dark youth:
Wanton, profound,
In the slaughter a dancer,

Of fighters the cheerfullest,
Of victors the sternest,
A destiny standing upon his destiny,
Firm, reflecting, preflecting:

Trembling with joy of victory,
Rejoicing that he died in victory:

By dying, commanding,
and he commanded destruction…

So to die,
As once I saw him die:
Victorious, destroying…

....................

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from L'Ac​é​phale, released April 19, 2019

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