Odyssey of Battle
Once only by the garden gate
Our lips we joined and parted
I must fulfil an empty fate
And travel the uncharted
Hail and farewell! I must arise
Leave here the fatted cattle
And paint on foreign lands and skies
My Odyssey of battle
I must arise
The untented Kosmos my abode
I pass a wilful stranger
My mistress still the open road
And the bright eyes of danger
Come ill or well, the cross, the crown
The rainbow or the thunder
I fling my soul and body down
For God to plough them under
I must arise
Odyssey of battle
Hail and farewell! I must arise
And paint on foreign lands and skies
(It's) My Odyssey of battle
The untented Kosmos my abode
My mistress still the open road
Come ill or well, the cross, the crown
I fling my soul and body down