Overman SkyeA Poem by Hermes Varini, PhD Divided into distinct narrative phases, this poem of mine illustrates the story of a wanderer in the Highlands of 11th Century Scotland. Fundamental philosophical notions of mine are thus set forth.
The Airn-Wanderer:
WÆPEN WUNDUM SUNDORGENGA Waes Ah! Waes Ah, noo! Beguid! an’ Greatly, unco Greatly Hye, IT! Wi'in Abysmal-Deep Primal Fyre, IT! Great Fair Thor's Orrah! Lookin’ yondir! lookin’ yondir, noo! Afore avidly, unco avidly Drank hynne Ah! Great Warlike Orrah! The Gowblat o’ Noble Precious Gowd Shimmerin': Gleamin’ further, IT! Ane an' the Same, hynne! Wi' the Verra Glare frae Bein' o' Power Supreme! Gift Invincibly Purified IT, hynne! Thad Enraged Wotan’s ain Verra Chalice o’ mine, An’ Toast frae Hye-HEREHAND!
Great, in Fyre Ragin' noo, Ullr's Orrah! Frae Noble Valhalla Rairan Deep Wi’ ITS Metal Fiery Soul, hynne! Orra Skye-Substance, orra Skye-Schorcin’ o’ mine! Noo, verra unco! Core-Martially stylle grabbin’, Wi’ Black Leather Glove O’ Total Dazzlin’, an' Verra, Verra Core-Abysmal, IT! Whyte-War, hynne! ÞUNORE HWÍT CEALLA, Livin’, Tasty wi’ Pow’r, Great Warlike Orrah! Niflheim-Watery, IT! Frae yon Ironclad Norþan-hymbre! BEADWE, MĪN SWÆTAN, Frae Hel Itself Delicious, Unco dyrinkin’, downe the hatch! Hynne Ah, My by-gone Days left orra Aflame: Great Vision! Great Bellum! noo dyin’ o’ mine! Whileas stylle waes hynne Ah! Thro’ the Bare Highlands Dreary,‘Yont South Ruins’ Bluish Burnan Wa, Deep-Wanderin’, In search for the Verra Lightnin’ Raed, An' Flashin' Guide o' mine Devastatingly Immortal! B�'OWES R�'ADA FÝRTORR, Leisurely, implacably, Great Warlike Orrah! Amyd Hye Rocky Smeddum all abowt me Strollin’, Intae the Verra Mirk Unfathomable, Airn-Flesh o’ mine, hynne Throwin’, An' my Wise an’ Bold an’ Proud! Sensual Noble Dame, Gerðr galdrs Scho! MĪN FÆÐMLICE OND BRYNIGE CWÝNE SÉO HYGEÞRYMME ÁDRÍEGEÞ, A' Oor Inflamed Naychts! Verra Wyntry Naychts! Afore the Sacral Stane-Hearth: WINTRES WÍDERFEORLIC HEORÐ, HWÆR ÆFRE OND LÍGBRYNE ÚSERE BRÆD GEMETEÞ, Stylle deep-burnin', Guid, Verra Guid Bleezan Orrah! Scho unco weall! Scho unco weall! Ah say! Rememberin', In Lang Robes o' Deep Crimson Fyre, noo! Her Superior Womanhood, Full! An' divinely, orra divinely! Thro' Her Glowin' Mystery Sinuous, o'er endowed! Hynne stylle, unco ardently! in Primal Lowes, fully Sinuous! Whare, Thys weall! weall! Scho unco knew! Ah! Guid, Verra Guid Thundir's Orrah! Used tae ay lose! nae abeigh! Wi'in an Abyss Interminable an' Endless Contynent! Ay, Great Guid Orrah! Masell!An’ Verra Firey! sinuously Trowe! Verra Soul! Unco tightly, wi' Norland Passion Stylle profoundly Wemenlie o' Hers! Shrouded, Scho saw me! Scho orra saw me! Noo, wi’ Courage Ablaze an’ unco Wreððe Ascendin’ To orra desire! to orra possess, To hae IT! To unco hae IT! back again! Ah! LEOFLIC IREN HÁTAN! The Lone Airn-Wanderer, SUNDORGENGA, Ah! Frae yon Auld Götaland: LAND GUMCYNNES GEAT-MÆCGUM, BEADWE-HEARPENÆGLES EORÐRÍCE, My ain Lost, the OVERMAN'S HIS-SEL! Great, Great Mjölnir's Warlike Orrah! Wi’ Bluish Skye-Gore, frae Thae Cauld Heights Unco! Verra, Verra Guid O'erhuman, Hynne, neist tae the Forgotten Firey Ruin! Totally 'Yont-Human! The DAZZLIN' OVERMAN'S AIN! Ah noo say! Ah noo tae the Moorlan Stormy Cluds yell! Orrah! Skye-Imbued Thundir-Bluid: NORÐÞUNRES WÆLDRÉOR Tae feel IT hynne! Tae unco feel IT: Great Guid Warlike Orrah! Total, unco Total, in Full New Skye-Gore IT! Verra, Verra Thor-Hye! Frae afarre! yet tae me Verra, Verra Skye-Close! Rumblin' Skye-Destruction o’ mine! Hynne Total Skye-Rebirth O'erhuman, An' the Roaran', unco Skye-Roaran', IT! Great Kvasir's Warlike Orrah! Afore the Verra Disc o' the Full Mowne Murky, Orra, unco, IT! in the East Dreary skye-risin', IT! 'Yont-Human, Great Jörð's Orrah! Supreme Transformation! WULFES GENIWUNG, Wi' the New Skye-Knowledge Scorchin' Owre, owre imbued! An' in the Soarin' Zenith-Fyre Deeply, deeply hawkan IT, hynne! Thro' Thad Cauld Moorlan Secret Ah am noo about to owre yell, Frae the Thundir's yon Rumblin' Verra, Verra Skye-Pride! Intae my Veins Fiery Fore’er an’ e’er, wi’ Ragin’ Skye-Bluish Hue Noo flowin’, Com on! Com on, hynne! Dearest Mountayn-Thunderbolt o’ mine! Taukin’ Ah noo am to ye stylle! Struck me deep! struck me noo, Ah yell! Great Fair Thor's Orrah! deep, ÍSENSCÚR, In Feudal Skye-Airn Indestructible Am Ah heare! for ye noo! Tae attract hynne! out o' Thad Norland Verra Blue! As the Skye-Magnet attracts the Rare Shinin' Metal, Yer deadly Skye-Rage wpon Airn-Skynne o' mine! Tae catalyze hynne yer loudly tellin', Frae Yon Abysmal Distance! Lone Skye-Voice, SCÍRHAM IC! BEADWE LÍGETUNG, Whyle Ah stylle! intae Hye Lowes unco climb Thad Cauld Rocky Soil, Whyle Ah stylle unco tell Thad Vision, most Solitarie o’ mine, Whyle Ah stylle restlessly, implacably seek My ain Lost Skye-Sel! The Hye, Verra Hye! Adamantine Person o' the OVERMAN! SUNSCÍNE SEOLF OND LINDGEBORGA, Want Ah! truly unco, want Ah! owre want Ah, hynne! Beguid an’ Great Guid! Hôm Loga Himna Orrah! Noo, richte noo! This kin Ah! still noo unco truly yell! 'Yont yon Whunstane Stronghold's Mirk Well! Feel, unco o'erhumanly live, hynne! Thad Continual Flashin’ Frae the Grayish Leaden Moorlan Cluds Noo the Zenith-Sunne Invisible behynde Hye-glorifyin’! Thro’ the Verra Tundir Voice o'er an' o'er echoin, In shape o’ Norland Hammer frae the Battle, IT! Intae Veins Skye-Bluish o’ mine! NORÐANWINDE! BL�"DWRACU OND FÆHÞ, Next tae my Feudal Airn-Side noo still wounded By Enemy an' Cowardly, tae Human, tae Cowardly! Frae the Distance, hynne! shot at me! Still Mortal Arrows! Nae Fear, hynne! tae Earthly! tae Miserable, Surpassingly Miserable, IT! unto the Verra Core! To the Hye Fair-Haired Gods, In Strang Norland Dignity an' Supreme Pow'r, An' Skye-Vengeance frae Enraged Sacral Thule blowin'! Noo! thro' Noble an' Future Skye-Gore o' mine schawe! In my stylle the Verra Lightnin': VICTORIAE SANGUINISQUE SIGNUM OVERMAN Noo implacably approachin'! An’ ye! Sweyt an’ Scaur Enemies, not Quhone all ye! Ye still cannae, cannae hear? Yell an’ Furious Bellum, aye! Frae Loud Thundir-Voice o’ mine? Skye-Crash frae my Battle-Wounds IT: MĪN HEORUDRE�"R GLADAÞ, Wi'in yer ignoble ears noo! Wnto the Sacral Open Blue Risin’ unco Freed!Ye still want to gae to orra Heaven? Hynne, heyre Ah am! Com on! Com on! All ye Cowards! Thys is whate Ah orra cam for! Fecht me! Hand-to-Hand Strang! Do signal the Attack! ÞINE UNEARH GÚÐÞRACU OND GEWEALC, ÞUNORRÁDE, MĪN HILDERÆS! Glitterin’ Skye Axe-Blade o’ mine winna, IT Cease to wait to orra shatter, In a single Thundir-Blow, all yer Targes! Com on! Com on hynne! ye Cowards! Do noo hae the Warlike Verra Guts to taste Gleamin' VARGS UNDA Alone o' mine! O'er ye thys single Thundir-Blow pourin'! Ye want still to unco give Unto Enraged Airn o’ mine, Wonner IT, lo! Yer Hand-to-Hand, hynne Feudal an’ Essential Battle-Bluid? HEOLFRE ANWIG, Wha hynne want to be the First? Wha hynne ready is noo to unco suffer Frae my Verra Skye-Airn noo Skye-Flashin'! Gunnþinga Called, IT! Hys, alongside the Skye-Foreign, Nadir's ain! Miserable, tae earthly, tae human orra Defeat? Fecht Ah! for the Glare an’ Hye Glory O'erhumanFrae Bein’ as Pow’r, Bluish-Firey IT! ÞUNORES HAMOR, Hynne heyre glowran at ye Ah unco stand! Wi’ Great Clan-Vermillion Wyld Wraith o’ mine Hye, Norland-Fair, an’ orra Warlike! Wi’ Battle-Axe o’ mine gleamin’, Unner yon War-Glare, ne’er, ne’er settin’, An’ the Sunne’s ain Disc Refulgent, BLŌDE ANWEALD, HWÍTE HEAÐUSIGEL, Wnto deep the Wanwordie World, Mirk hynne, IT! Richte, orra Ancestral an' Warlike Richte! Greatly, unco greatly! Flamin'-Firey an' Zenith-Supreme, IT! Verra Iron-Curse Blindin'! An’ He cam! the Thunderbolt at length Unto me He orra cam! Thus struck waes Ah! My Flesh, an' Bluid, an' Spirit! Intae Thor's ain Skye-Force At once turnin' Tae greatly, tae unco! Verra Guid Orrah! see Thro' Nyow Total Skye-Blindness O'erhuman o' mine! Altogether hynne noo, Guid Westseaxe, Norþanhymbre Orrah! The Forerunnin’ Presence noo Devastatin’ Wnto me, stick-an-stowe, noo orra IT! comin', IRSERN-SCÉAWERE IC, CWIOFYRES BURHWEARD, BÆLÞRACE OND BRYNEWIELMA GEBORGA, Frae thowa, IT! in Primal Wreððe Skye-Essences Or Twæȝe Strang Sunnes Hwenne! Beguid an’ Great, Great Warlike Orrah! Out-owre Hye Mountayn Glade, sic unco Wide:The Cauld Vitrified Fort Wha's Sharp Surroundin' Gleamin' Wa Thro' Hye Heat Monumental generated! TAP O' NOTH waes: FÆRBRYNE GLÆSFÆTES STANWEORC, In Thundir-Bluid an’ Frame, An' further unco Skye-Imbued Ah! Wi' the Earthly Unidentified Energy Frae thad Towerin' Verra Steid, Noo still walkin’, At length thare surveyed hynne Ah! Wi’ Fyre-Sight, Deep-Penetratin’ IT, An’ Auldfarran, Lucid Reason o’ mine, The Heaven’s Blue Verra Vault: Proud Storm-Shrine, Dearest o’ mine! Ane wi’ my Skye-Rage Hye, An’ the Atmosphere, waes IT, waes IT, Intolerably close, yet unco Potent, Heimdall-Divine! Hynne beheld Ah, lo! TWA ESSENCES O’ FYRE! BRYNEWIELMUM CAMPWUDA, Intangible, Untouchable, Impenetrable, baith Thay, O’er the Whole Uranic Skye-Arch, Their Skye-Dominion an’ Primordial Skye-Dignity Unco haudin’: The Essence o’ the ΛO�"ΟΣ an’ the Essence o’ the REAL, Thay: STĪELENRA-HEÁÐUSIGELA FÝRBÆREAN GÆDERSCYPE OND GLÉDEGESA ÞĀ HLŪDE BECWÆDON, Twa! Tangible, Visible MICHTY SRANG SUNNES! Twa, hynne! Let me stylle noo distinctly remember! Unco Martially an' Norland Colourful! Great Orrah! Rotatin', Thay A'! Thay A'! Great Lone Sight o' mine! Splintered nae! Round Shields o' War Dazzlin': Ský Skǫglar frae the Auld Wondie Hólmganga, Thay! Frae Auld! Verra, indeed Verra primevaly Auld! Thro' Deep the Firey Tyme Conquerin', an' Ruthless, An' towardis the Fleysche, Fallacious hynne Mortal, unforgivin'! Crucial Gory Soil in yon 537 A.D. CAMLANN called Thad haes bin, IT! a Witness tae my ain Shed Battle-Bluid! BRYTENCYNING, IC WIÞGEHÆFTE HINE, BLÁCAN ÁNWÍGE, EFENLÍCAN GÚÐHERE BLÆDE, Meany, Meany Kingdomes, an' Onslaughts A' Bluish-Ironclad Thay, ago! Hynne noo, whileas Ah stylle speak, Immortal am, an' waes awready! Yet Thad nae, nae enough IT proved Afore the Presence Devastatin' o' the OVERMAN! Stylle, Ah knew, HE noo in waitin'! HE WHA! HE WHA! HE WHA unco: The Verra ENS! thro' the Dazzlin' Skye-Bluish Revenge o' HYS, Hynne Mine! Tae the Yieldin' Ground o'ershadows! an' in an Ultimate Whyte War Flashin' tae Fathomless Eternity, in Gore Shinin' defeats! Intense Meanin' Primordial o' Battle Fierce baith Thae! Hynne unco embodyin', Afore thys, thro’ Verra Lowe penetratin’, An’ wi’ Hye, Verra, Verra Skye-Hye! Thundir-Bluid Thunderous Awa, awa flowin’ IT, orra! Loneliest Vision o’ mine: When, Great Thundir’s Orrah! Wi’ a speed Wicked yet Prodigious, lo! Sublime, Closer, closer, wi’ the Impetus frae Twa Skye-Rams Wyld They orra cam! An’ in a Common Skye-Embrace! Their Dazzlin’ Blades o’ Vibrant Steel! Hynne crossin’, Thus unco, owre imbued waes, waes Ah! Wi' Thad Verra Hye Steel-Glare, Ah! Wi' Thad intae Deep Fyre afore Wounded Step o' Mine meltin', Feudal, unco Feudal Skye-Knowledge, an' Airn-Revenge! An' advanced wi' Firm Martial Gait hynne, towardis The Lonely Gleamin', Flashingly Firey, Rewb-Gem o' Moorlan War Forgotten, Thro' ITS Sheer Inner Foirce hynne unco Reddenin'! HERECIRME, RÉOD GIMCYNN, Frae Thad Last Titanic Encounter an’ Battle, Wi’ unco deafenin’ Core-Clash, Frae Thor’s His-sel, again, The Whispered Warlike Voice! Hynne intae Ane Nucleus Whyte At length blendin’, afore wnto me Noo orra comin’ IT: The Shield-Blinding: DÆGSCIELD GEBLENDAÞ For rendered orra, orra sightless! Waes Ah noo, Yet still able to distinctly behold, An’ e’en deeper, unco deeper! Great Warlike Orrah! The Verra Dazzlin’ Core, IT! Wi’ Verra Bluish Flash, an’ the Skye-Gore Frae Thundir-Eyes noo o’ mine Sheer Sharp, IT! For Thad Sudden Thundir-Blindin’ o’ Mine! Ah am noo taukin’ abowt, Great Dunnottar’s an’ Tantallon’s Orrah! Gift Supreme frae Hye the Zenith-Skye! Orra Skye-Generous hynne, IT! Intae an All-Powerful, unco All-Powerful, Ah say! An’ All-Seein’ Thundir-Force Thundir-O’erhuman, hynne frae the Thundir ‘Yont-Human! IT, in Hye Fyre! Skye-turned, An’ New Unknown Fiery Demons IT Orra, orra! unveiled: ÁGLÆCAN WUNDORSÉON, Athwart Noble Airn-Person o’ mine, Thro’ the Cauld Blast frae Thad Moorlan WyndeO’er an’ o’er fallin’, For the Verra Skye-Vision o’ the OVERMAN, Guid Orrah! Great Warlike Thundir’s Orrah! Unco Profound IT waes! An’ unco killed IT the Unprepared, For waes IT for nae Unworthy Skellum To Feud an’ Sword Foreign! An’ the Whole Wnivers, in a Verra Flash, Thro’ the Same Auld an’ New Thunderbolt Ah waes lookin’ for, Penetrated IT orra waes: THE HERACLITEAN, DEVASTATINGLY PROPHETIC, IT! FIERY SKYE-FORCE! FRAE THE VERRA AIRN-PERSON STEEL-CONCRETE, IT! DAZZLINGLY 'YONT-TELLURIAN AN' SKYE-CENTRAL! O' THE OVERMAN: THE 'YONT-HUMAN HYNNE NAE HUMAN! THAD LIKE CONQUERIN', RAGIN' WHYTE-FYRE, WI'IN THE YIELDIN' MURKY MIRK VOID SHINES! INCANDESCENT O'ERHUMAN VERRA BODY! THAD MINE AIN, AH KNEW, SUNE AN' SYNE! UPON THAE BENS DREARY, IT SHALL, GREAT GUID ORRAH! BE! AN' WHA'S NOBLE AN' SOLEMN NAIM HYE! HYE! THE ETHER'S AIN SKYE-SUBSTANCE INTAE ALL-FERVID LOWES AN' METALLIC BRILLIANCY TURNIN' ΥΠΕΡ-KΕΡ�'ΥΝOΣ WAES! THUNDIR-CONSCIOUS, AN’ DIRECTIN’, THUNDIR-DESTROYIN', HYNNE CRAETIN', O’ER ALL THUNDIR-DOMINATIN’, TO THE INFINITE UNCO THUNDIR-GROWIN’, MINE AIN BLUISH MOORLAN BLUID TO THE INFINITE ORRA THUNDIR-FEEDIN’, Together hynne wi’ my Arteries o’ Skye-Blue In Baith Spirit an’ the Verra Flow, When orra struck again waes Ah! Wnto Verra Death, an’ e’en ‘yont! waur e’en waur! Skye-Waur, Great Warlike Orrah! Towardis the Verra Dazzlin’ Skye-Weregild o’ Gowd: GOLDWEARDA FORNÉÐAN, For the Loneliest Vision o’ mine To in Fyre, still unco blinded Ah! Distinctly behold, At bein’ hynne, Great Warlike Orrah! The Sole Ironclad Witness O’ my by-gone Path Aflame, Intae ‘Yont-Human Will o’ mine! Noo unco forged, Great Hye Orrah! Wnto the Auld Bluid-Rock o’ Rebel Sacrifice Far awa! in the Snowy Caucasus Nae longer IT chained! HRINGUM SWEORCAN, Meanwhile, lo! At my Mirk Cloaked Back, Behold ye! Another Identical Skye-Fusion! For Twa Dazzlin’ Whyte Glows, Symmetrical Unco Mirrors They, As if frae Myrddin’s ain Magic, To View o’ mine orra appeared: Perfect Pow’r o’ Infinite Reflection, They! Mine ain Past, my ain Future! Baith embodyin’, An’ waes stylle Ah! Intae the Verra Middle o’ the GlareStandin’ Wi’ Gleamin’ Claymore drawn, Dearest o’ mine! Thundir-Hurt stylle, afore noo the Destroyer of the Past: ÍSIGE CWYLMING An’ noo, Guid, Verra, Verra Guid o’ Gowd Warlike Orrah! Thus willed Ah! the OVERMAN! BISENE WRECEND, Freish an’ Auld! Airn-Feudal an’ Strang! DUGUÞMIHTUM OND HEORUSWENGE, �'ACEN BIÞ ŌFER-MANN, Wi’ Michty Inner Energy o’ mine Great Feudal Orrah! unco Alone! Wha's Sole Hye Naim Firey OVERWILL! IT unco, oan the Gory Battlefield, Ah weall knew IT waes! Frae the Verra Skye-Dragun! A' Destroyin' hynne HE! Intae the Deep Fyre, wi' HYS Beastly Wings thus orra spread, Unco, prodigiously o'er A' HE hoverin', Towardis the Past allwayes Dreadful e'en, hynne! Wi’ HYS Scales o’ Enraged Gowd, The Shinin’ Horror wi’in the Skye, IT! SÉ FORÞGEWITENNESSE UNWYRCÐ, The OVERMAN o' Deep Fyre, Th'gither wi' my ain Reflected Bluid, hynne!Noo, in Feudal Tartane-War stylle thundir-flowin'! More intensely! o'er an' o'er in Steel hynne, HYS Supreme Presence greatly tae the Infinite! Orra skye-increasing! Intae the noo Unleashed Skye-Pow’r! Unto my Wounded Spirit o'er an' o'er Hynne HE skye-returnin’! As ane wi’ the Moorlan Rumblin’ Thunderbolt Ah waes lookin’ for, The Sacral Dazzlin’ Chain Mail Ablaze: SCÉAWERE-HRÉOH, In the Skye-Identity e'en most Skye-Asolute IT! My ain! HE orra, unco flashingly wearin’, Thus willed Ah! Past o’ mine back IT! In Feudal Person o’ HYS, my ain! empowered: GORY GHAIST! by-gone Immortal o’ mine IT! Still orra Alive an’ Fiery! Flowin’ an’ flashin’ Thad not Identical unto ITSELF IT waes! Hynne unto ITSELF most identical! Quhenne! in Feudal Airn-Flesh o’ HYS, Great Warlike Orrah! Thro’ Ragin’ Skye an’ Earthly Pride at once IT, Most fleshily, intae Hye Fyre Purifin’ Waes incarnated, Thus willed Ah, Future o’ mine, tae, hynne! Wi’ the Iyce Cross o’er Moorlan Coat o’ Arms, Frae Noble Dundarg’s Hye Wa, In Feudal Steel, Greater, unco Greater IT! Shimmerin’, For the Past lived in the Verra Bluid o’ HYS, Thynce thro' Hye Firey Gore Immortal: FULMINE VICTOR MAGNUS INVICTUSQUE OVERMAN Let me Thys, NOBLE GLAMIS’ GREAT ORRAH! Truly, unco truly yell! waes IT potentiated, An’ sae waes the Future, stylle my Verra, Verra Ain! Wnto Dazzlin’ Airn-Bosom o’ mine Wi’ Increasin’ Ocean’s Rage TempestuousFore’er returnin’, CRÆFTUM OND RÝNE STÍELE! BEADUWÆPEN, Intae Single Will O’erhuman An’ Unforgivin’ Continuum, as Ane, Whare Ye! Dearest Hye Thundir o’ mine! At the Verra Skye-Zenith, Still silently dwell! Hynne willed Ah! my ain Image Frae the Past! Frae the Future! wi’ unco Force, At once IT emergin’, Towardis the Past! Towardis the Future! wi’ orra Dignity, At once IT rushin’, Intae the Implacable Spiral o’ Becomin’ Thad Ane wi’ the Verra Vortex o’ Return IT! Great Warlike Orrah! waes, The Past burnin’, the Future hynne IT affirmin’, An’ unto the Verra Skye-Core! GREAT HÖÐR’S AN’ WOTAN’S ORRAH! Directed, Noo afore my ain wi’ Fyre Wounded Eyes, Thro’ each Revolution, ITS unco Strength, Great Warlike Norland Orrah! Unto the Fathomless Fiery Infinite Increasin’: The Verra Mountayn Thunderbolt! Ah waes lookin’ for, For the Increase o’ Pow’r ne’er Identical Unto itself IT waes, Hynne waes unto Itself most identical! As noo met wi’ Ah THE DESTROYER O’ THE PAST, THE CREATOR O’ THE FUTURE, O’ LYFE FORE’ER CHANGIN’ THE GREAT AFFIRMATOR, HYE SKYE-VEINS O’ HYS O’ERHUMAN, MY AIN! THE IRONCLAD INCARNATOR AN’ THE FEUDAL WITNESS! O’ MY BURNAN MOUNTAYN-PATH DYIN’: THUNDIR-FRAME O’ MINE, HE! STRONGER! STRONGER! O’ER AN’ O’ER, UNTO MY BY-GONE DAYS BLEEZAN, AN’ THE ROARAN’ FUTURE! AS MOLTEN SKYE-GOWD INCORRUPTIBLE NOO RETURNIN’, WHAR IMMORTALITY ITSELF HYNNE, IN FORE’ER INCRESIN’ HYE FYRE AN’ BATTLE-GORE, O’ERSHADOWED IT WAES, INTAE DEEP THE WHYTE SPIRAL, SKYE-RECURRENCE INCANDESCENT, IT! ANE WI’ THE LONE IRONCLAD IMAGE UNTO VERRA, VERRA PERFECTION! SKYE-SPECULAR O' MINE! SCORCHIN' AN' SHININ' AN' UNCO TANGIBLE, HE! THE CLOAKED SKYE-FIGURE THAD WAES NOO 'YONT THAD AULD FORGOTTEN WA, MY BLEEDIN' SKYE-COURAGE IN WARLIKE SILENCE AWAITIN', FRAE THE DEPTHS O' THE ROTATIN’ SKYE-ENERGY, WEALHFÆRELDES DÆGW�"MA, PROUDLY AN' INVINCIBLY SKYE-STANDIN'! WHAR, GUID SKYE ORRAH! FIERY WOE INTAE FEUDAL STEEL MELTIN', DEEPER AN' NOBLER IT PROVED! AN’ WI’ DAZZLIN' SKYE-REVENGE O'ER AN' O'ER, GREAT THOR'S ORRAH! IT SUPREMELY, IN BLUISH NORLAND AIRN FLASHED! For, lo! the Verra Blank frae the Past Together wi’ ITS Inevitable Feud-Foreign Woe Hauntin’ Thad cannae be avoided hynne! Mirk an’ Invisible, IT! It nae longer existed! It nae longer existed! For unco filled noo IT waes By the Devourin’ Lone Lowe an’ the Verra Frame: The Chain-Mailed, Heated in Airn War-Wame O’ THE OVERMAN! HE: WILL, AS THE VERRA INNER ENERGY! VIGOUR, AS THE VERRA INNER WILL! FRAE THE PAST, FRAE THE FUTURE! TANGIBLE, VISIBLE, INCARNATED, NOBLE WYLD DRAGON, SKYE-BEAST O’ MINE, GRYREBR�"GA OND FÆRGRYRE, WUNDORA WYRM! ÚHT-SCEAÞA HÉ! FYRE-WOUNDED IN NAE GOWD-CAGE, HE! O'ER SKYE-SPIRIT O' MINE, HE! HYNNE, UNCO SKYE-FLYIN'! WI’ HYS SKYE-GORE O’ER THE BARS INVISIBLETRULY MINE AIN! GREAT GUID ORRAH! DOWNE, DOWNE! NOO LIKE THE PUREST RHODIUM WI' THE FYRE-BLUISH SKYE-ARTERIES O' THE LONE THUNDERBOLT AH WAES LOOKIN' FOR AGAIN UNCO BLENDIN', Unto at Braemar the Verra Battle-Gore, Afore the Lang Hour, in Kyng Eochaid’s Martial Hidden Lore, By the Force o’ Flowin’ Lava Frae the Cauld an’ Dreary Highlands Implacable Echoin’ Thad Becomin’ as Increase in Pow’r IT, Great, Great Orrah! waes, Backwards intae Tyme! Intae the Future hynne! For the OVERWILL kan IT! Destroye the Feud-Foreign Gory Bygane! When o’er the Gleamin’ Skye-Cuirass O’ the HYE OVERMAN ALONE! IT lies visible an’ yieldin’ an’ razed an’ burnin'! When o’er the New Soil o’ Dazzlin’ Alabaster Conquerin’ Intae Deep the Future, thro’ Renewed Rage An' yon Incandescent Skye-Thundir! Ah waes lookin' for, HE! My Specular Skye-Incarnation! Fore'er orra creates! Whileas thae words, in Roaran’ Wreððe, Flame-Wounded, Ah still loudly whisper, But lo! Great Warlike Orrah! THE IYCE CROSS FIREY O’er Mirk War-Tartan, Dearest o’ mine! Next to Dundarg’s Hye Wa, Ah well remember! Embroidered, Close to my Ruby Brooch strangely IT, Unco strangely, like a Verra Premonition Gleamed, afore noo The Mirror-Fusion: W�'OHES MELTAN When, lo! Airn an’ Thundir! Great Immortal Warlike Orrah! Thro’ the Loud Whisper o’ the Thundir Ah waes lookin’ for, The Image o’ the OVERMAN Detached ITSELF, lo! Frae baith the Surfaces in the Twa Opposed Mirrors: Frae baith thae Reflectin' Skye-Furnaces Gleamin'! Afore Noble Feudal Person o' mine, Unco Sightless! Still unco Skye-Sightless! E'en more! noo unco Sightless! HE hynne, orra Ah beheld cam! Wha’s Supreme Hieland Emanatin’ Force Frae the Directin’ Skye-Lightnin’, IT! Ah waes lookin’ for, Na orra, orra Prodigious Sight! Nae e’en Vör’s, or Heimdallur’s, or Snotra’s Ain! If nae in Thundir Skye-Blinded as noo Mine! Cuid, cuid IT! humanly, still tae humanly! This noo Ah! in Thad Skye-Fyre ‘Yont-Human! Soarin’ heare in Dignity o’er Tap o’ Noth’s Black Vitreous Smeddum an’ Cauld Martial Sand, Cannae, cannae doubt! Thro’ Thad Flashin’ Skye-Reflection withstand, Frae the Past! frae the Future, hynne! Great Warlike Orrah! To encounter Spirit Ablaze o’ mine, To Unleash Wyld Beast Immortal Thad My Verra Mountayn Path Guarded still, Some Bluish Bluid Stains IT leavin’ O’er the Michty an’ Pure Glass still: My ain! frae the Clash o’ Life, An’ noo! Great, Great Warlike Orrah! A LIGHNIN’-SHADE IRONCLAD! Unto me, ITS Skye-Bluish Garb o’ Hye Skye-War! In an Identity an’ Heat, e’en the Most Absolute! To Verra Perfection reflectin', Towardis Feudal Person o’ mine IT noo! Wi’ Slow Skye-Gait, Devastatingly, IT advanced, An’ when afore me at length IT standin’, Thro’ the Loud Sound o’ the Thundir, lo! Ah waes still lookin’ for, In a Great Whoosh an’ Roaran’ Rumble Non-Human Deep Voice, IT! Frae the Past! Frae the Future! Frae the Verra Brunan’ Throat O’ the LIGHTNIN’ HIS-SEL! Ah waes still looking for, Wi’ Spiral Exhalations unner the Form, schorcin’ IT! O’ Just Anger frae Primeval hynne Most Real Forgotten Feudal Lore: The Hand-to-hand Wapin-Storm Harsh! An’ Skye-Revenge, still Mine Ain! Unco an’ owre loaded, As Maddenin’ Heated-Airn, IT again! Unto the Cauld Blue Vault o’ the Verra Skye Wi’ orra, orra Dignity Lonely risin’, Thae Verra Syllables! The VERRA SKYE-INCARNATOR O'ERHUMAN! O’ the Verra Skye-Voice frae Hye Skye-Heat! Intae Deep noo, Great Orrah! The Abysmal Skye-Core Bluish-Aflame, IT! o' the Total Specular Skye-Force: BRYNEWELMES WORDHLÉOÐOR The Skye-Conscience, Víðarr-Hye o’ mine! Most distinctly! Great Warlike Orrah! HE, THE BLUISH INCARNATION HYE O' THE HYE LIGHTNIN' ITSELF! Ah waes lookin' for, Wi' a Skye-Cowntenance Storm-Hidden Flashin’ frae Deep the Obscured Skye-Mirk Thro’ a Battle-Scar intae the Fyre gleamin' O'er HYS left Sword-Offended Cheek: Thys cuid Ah! unco Blinded, see! Intae Deep the Skye-Unknown, Still, Great Guid Glamis’ Orrah! Stick-an-stowe a Wonner, Mine Ain! Thro' HYS remarkably Echoin', Non-human, hynne 'Yont human! VERRA SKYE-RUMBLIN'! Noo unco earthily uttered: YE, WOLF-WOUNDED! AN’ PROUD, IN BLACK TARTAN O’ WAR MUFFLED, KEEK AT ME! KEEK AT ME NOO! IN NAE TAE EARTHLY TOWMOND! DO NOO HYNNE LISTEN TAE ME! YE, NOO FYRE-IRONCLAD WOUNDED! THE HYE NORLAND GODS INTAE OWRE FYRE STYLLE HYNNE HONORIN'! BETTYR BIDE AN' DIE OAN THE NOBLE BATTLEFIELD GORY, AN' STYLLE, 'YONT BAITH LIEFES AN' DEATH, FORE'ER ALIVE HYNNE BE! THEYNE BIDE A MISERABLE LIEFES! WULFE BLŌDGA HEONAN! MUST TREOWE IDEAS, IN VERRA HYE LOWES, BE! FOR THE VERRA MICHTY, WHYTE ZENITH-SUNNE HYNNE, HEARE AH AM! FOR FRAE THE AULD SHIELD-MIRROR YER RICHTE SKYE-VENGENCE!AN' THE ALLWAYES UNKOWN MIRK DEATH! THE SAME THAY! GREAT THOR'S NORLAND ORRAH! ARE, FOR THE SELECTED FEUDAL MAN, IRONCLAD HE! AS YE, IN THAE HYE LOWES, UNCO ARE! NOO AFORE ME! INTAE THE AULD LONE TARGE-REFLECTION THAD IS, WAES, AN' SHALL IT BE, THINE! FOR YER AIN SKYE-FORM AFORE YE HATH RISEN NOO! FOR FREISH VALUES ARE NOO OWRE NEEDED! WI`IN DEEP PRIMAL SKYE-FYRE UNCO SKYE-LIVED! SAE, SKYE-LIVE THAIM! UNCO DRAM THAIM A’! WHATE'ER THE RISK INFERNAL, AN' MOORLAN AMBUSH! GÁSTCWALE HELRÚNENA FORNÉÐAN, THRO’ HYE BLUISH SKYE-LOWES, SKYE-DESTROYIN’ THAY WI’IN YER AIN LONE SKYE-VOICE IT NOO! FRAE AFARRE! FRAE UNCO AFARRE RUMBLIN’, FOR CURSED IS THE FLEETIN' HOUR! AN' SAE MUST BE CONQUERED, IT! GREAT ORRAH! AYE! IN YER SUPERIOR BLUID NOO O'ERHUMAN, MINE AIN! FOR BRANDED HAE AH RUDDY SKYE-FLESH O’ MINE THAD WAES, IS, AN’ SHALL IT BE! BY THYS VERRA, VERRA SKYE-IMAGE HYNNE, YER AIN! WI’ THE IYCE-CROSS FIERY FRAE HYE THE THUNDIR’S LOUD VOICE, IN NAE WHISPER DAMNABLE, NOR AIRN-FOREIGN! AH NOO ORRA TELL: YER SYMMETRICAL LONE SKYE-FORCE: THE VERRA LONE THUNDIR-BLUID! YER AIN LONE SKYE-WRAITH IRONCLAD! THRO' ETERNAL SKYE-POW’R, AN' OUT O’ THE BLUISH LONE SKYE-REVENGE O’ER AN’ O'ER UNCO, O’ERHUMANLY MIRRORIN’! TO YE HYNNE OWRE IN DEEP FYRE RETURNIN’, YER AIN WANTIN’ SKYE-HALF, HYNNE! TH'GITHER WI’ YER SKYE-SPIRIT! IN HYE LOWES NOO UNTO THE CORE SKYE-DABBED! A' THIS! A’ THIS! AH SAY! AH TRULY YELL! TH'GITHER WI' THE LAST SKYE-PRIZE! INTAE HYE THE SKYE-BLAZE, THE HAIL ENEMY LAND HARSH NOO FRAE CAULD HORIZON TO CAULD HORIZON OWRE CROSSIN’, A' THIS! A' THIS! AH ALLON, TRULY! YER MIRROR SKYE-DOWBILL IMMORTAL! THRO' STEEL CORE-METALLIC, IN HYE SKYE-FYRE AM! ABYSMAL LAVA-BLUID O’ MINE! FLOWIN’ FRAE HYE RED HEL, IT! THY LANE BEHOLD! YER AIN! INTAE DEEP THE FUSION-GLARE, BLASTED SKYE-FURNACE IT! UNREACHABLE, UNFATHOMABLE, MOST TANGIBLE, IT! THE VERRA FRAME LESURELY, NEXT TO YE IN BATTLE STROLLIN’! THE LONE INCARNATION AN’ THE SKYE-ROAR FRAE THE VERRA THUNDERBOLT YE WERE LOOKIN’ FOR HYNNE YER FUTURE, YER BYGANE: NAE DIFFERENCE! THAA ARE MINE AIN! INTAE THE HYE FYRE, FRAE YER TANGIBLE SKYE-WILL! THAD AH NOO HEARE AM, FOR SKYE-ENERGY CANNAE DERIVE FRAE NOTHINGNESS! NOR UNTO NOTHINGNESS KIN IT RETURN! HYNNE WILL, 'YONT DEATH, THRO' THE LANG AN’ BLUISH SKYE-LOWE YE WERE LOOKIN’ FOR, IMMORTAL AS CONQUERIN' PROVES, STILL, WI'IN RAGIN' AN' VISCERAL DEEP PRIMAL FYRE, YER AIN! FOR YE SHALL STILL LIVE YER LIFE AGAIN, THIS TYME INTAE THE HYE SKYE-POW'R! WI' ITS NEW ESSENCE SELF-OVERCOME, HYNNE DO UNCO LIVE NOO! THAD VERRA GORE HEARE, FRAE MY BLEEZAN OPEN SCARS, YER AIN! FOR THE WORN PAST DWELLS DEFEATED IN THE FUTURE AS EMPOW'RED! INTAE THE STEEL-BLUISH IMAGE AH HEARE AM! NOO AFORE THINE SKYE-BLINDED EYES THRO' THE LONE HYE LOWE WOUNDED, THAD ARE ALSO MINE! IN NAE SPECTRAL FYRE, HYNNE! STICK-AN-STOWE, AN' VERRA VERRA SUNE! YER AIN! WI'IN THE HYE ZENITH-THUNDIR HYNNE, YE WERE LOOKIN' FOR, O'ER AN' O'ER FORE'ER LIVIN', AN' THRO' THE HIELAND FLOWIN 'LAVA: THE BECOMIN' IN POW'R FORE'ER RENEWED THRO' THAD SKYE-BLUID HYNNE! FLASHINGLY STREAMIN' AS A CONQUERIN' WYLD FYRE-RIVER FRAE NOBLE HYNNE SUPERIOR GORE, DOWNE, DOWNE! INTAE THE VERRA WHYTE CHASM, AN' FLASHIN' ABYSS! FRAE YON SHARP AN' SHININ' AN' TOWERIN' MIRK ROCKS! AN' THIS SACRIFICIAL BLUISH BLUID INCANDESCENT FRAE O'ERHUMAN LIFE STILL WOUNDED, MINE! WAES, AN' IS, AN' SHALL IT BE! BEHOLD YE! UNCO SEE YE, NOO! YE, O'ERHUMANLY BLINDED! HE WHA! THE DREARY VOID O' DARKNESS CANNAE, CANNAE! IN ANY MANNER NOO KNOW! HYNNE IN HIELAND SKYE-RAGE, AN' HYE! O'ER THE FEUDAL THRONE IMMORTAL, AN' HEARE! OAN THE SURFACE O' THIS SKYE-MIRROR! WAES, AN' IS, AN' SHALL IT BE! WI'IN THE MELTIN' UNTO THE COSMIC CORE SKYE-GLARE, YER AIN! AN' NOO! DO ADVANCE! DO TAKE A STROLL INTAE THE HYE SKYE-GORE! GANG AYONT! GANG AYONT! AH SAY! 'YONT EVERYTHING! ‘YONT LIFE AN’ DEATH E’EN! GANG AYONT! AN' WHATE SHALL YE IN THE END SEE? AT THE BOTTOM O' THE WHYTE CHASM FIERY? YER FLASHIN' IN AIRN IMAGE ALONE! THAD IS MINE AIN! HEE HAW, HEE HAW ELSE, AH SAY! WI’IN THE SPECULAR SKYE-POW'R INCARNATED, THE VERRA SUM AN’ COMMUNION O’ THE ETERNAL TENSIONS IN BECOMIN’ DWELLIN’ AH HEARE AM! THRO’ THE LOUD SING FRAE THE THUNDIR HYNNE! BY HYE SKYE-VENGEANCE FORE’ER INCREASIN', O'ER AN' O'ER TO YER SPIRIT HYNNE RETURNIN', YERS HYNNE MINE! When noo, Great Warlike Orrah! Upon thae Verra Words, thro’ my Ain By noo Thundir-Voice! In an' unco Skye-Rumblin', Wi'in Thad O'erhuman Blaze wi' hye force condensin' Intae a NEW THUNDIR-FRAME Skye-Concrete In aspects o' PURE BLUISH HEAT! HUMAN ALTOGETHER NAE LONGER, IT! tone, Ah distinctly hearin’, When noo, Guid Sundrum's Orrah! The Fyre-Bringer: FÝRHEARD HEREWULF OND HEREWÆÐA A Thoosan Black Banners, in Hye Glorious Lowes, Orra issuin’, An’ wnto yon Whyte Chasm the Salute wavin’, Wi’ the Hue o’ Red-Hel IT imbuin’, HE, Hynne Ah: the Freish an’ Auld Titan Far awa, far awa! wi'in the Dreary Caucasus! Frae ayont yon Suthron, hynne! Ah kin clearly see! Rebel hynne Creator, HE! HE, Creator hynne Rebel! The OVERMAN! comin’ o’er, still approachin’, Intae noo deep the Skye-Dance Everlastin’ Thro’ HYS AIN hynne MINE Skye-Thunderous Sound Ah waes lookin’ for, Dominatin’, Frae Thae Simmetrical Verra Fyre-Mirrors! Still glarin’ Ne’er e’er to yield, the Twa Skye-Surfaces! Nor in human, tae human! Unco Gory Misery, nor Skye-Foreign Blasphemy, Nor Damnable an' Cowardly Affront To e'er wane! At length thro' the Hye Vigour Supreme Frae the Overwill Alone! Dearest o’ Mine! Inner Energy Abysmal: Still unco, unco Uknown, IT! An’ in Skye-Reverge freed! A Thoosan Black Banners, in Fyre, Ah say! HE, hynne Ah issuin’, When noo, Great Guid Orrah! The Skye-Bluid o' the OVERMAN: Theis! oan Thae Countless Mirk Banners floatin' In Hye Honour o' the Zenith-Sunne! Wi'in abysmal whyte runes waes noo graven, Hye Selective an' Skye-Supreme proved! Nae, nae IT, for all! For nae everybody is worth withstandin' The Return o' Pow'r's Noble, an' Flashin' Supreme Force, an' Infinite Speed, an' Spiral Revolution! CÁFNES ÞRÝÞBORD, Tae the Skye-Limitless fore’er, In the Form o’ Hye Steel Feudal Skye-soarin’, ITS Verra Great, Verra Guid, Great Guid Auld Carham’s Orrah! Burnan Wheill o’ Universal Core-Energy Skye-Central, Skye-Abysmal, IT! Alongside the Rational Force frae the Thundir-Impetus Thad waes, is, an’ shall IT be the OVERMAN’S AIN! In Hye Lowes increasin’, Tae the Skye-Infinite, hynne! Most Renewed, most Identical, Intae the Verra Spiral most Empowered! The Worthy ENS, unco hynne Joyful, IT! Immortal owre feastin’, For intae Thae Rapid Coils o' Glorious Fyre hynne, Frae Thys MICHTY TARGE O' SKYE-ENERGY PERENNIAL! Nae for all! Immortality is solemnly worthThro' Thad Increasingly Growin' Feudal Skye-Rebirth Steel-Mirrorin'! Wnto ragefully Bluish-Ablaze an' Core-FeudalNoble Hye Perfection! An' in Eternal Steel Unconditional, IT! Dwellin', The Human, tae Human! Gory Chains o’ Promethean Slavery Bluish wi’ the Verra Reverberation Frae the Lightnin’ O’erhuman Ah waes lookin’ for, They suddely becam! An’ at length, Great Warlike Orrah! The Lonesome Blindin’ Frame o’ Gowd, Wha’s Sole Hye Thundir-Naim Overman Skye: SCEAWERES IREN-EALWEALDA IT orra waes! Frae the Twa Dazzlin' Mirrors In Perfect Symmetry emanated wi’in The RETURN O’ POW’R! Burnan’ Vortex-Event Universal, IT! In Slender Lines o’ Whyte Fyre, The Verra Core Heat Reachin’, Intae Infinite Reflections o’ Primordial Pow’r Frae the Twa Lookin' Glasses, Blindin' They! O’er All, Great, Great, IT! Njörður's ain Battle Orrah! Limitless Dominion, an’ the Feudal Rule Steel-haudin’, WHILEAS WAES AH! WAES AH! GUID, VERRA GUID EILEAN DONAN'S WAR-TARTAN ORRAH! STYLLE CHAINED IN BLUISH GORE, MY AIN! HYNNE THE OVERMAN'S AIN, TAE! WNTO THE AULD AN' HYE! VERRA SKYE-HYE, IT! THUNDIR-GLEAMIN' BLUID-ROCK O' SKYE-SACRIFYCE: NAE LONGER! NAE ORRA SKYE-LONGER! An’ ITS central Rays an’ the Verra Lowes Intae Ane Flashin’ Ironclad Bosom Polarizin’, A Thoosan Tymes Greater, Mightier hynne: The OVERMAN! O’er an’ o’er unto me returnin’, ‘Yont the Reddenin’ Pillars o’ Immortal Skye-Renown! ‘Yont Death, the Mirk Unknown! An’ ITS Feud-Foreign Fear, Whyle, lo! the Steel-Vibration gleamin’ Frae Máni's ain Verra Crescent, Dusky-Red, IT! Waes, waes, in yon Murky West Still IT unco risin', Unfathomable, an' Potent, an' Dreary, Unto the Stane Circles’ Builders Wounded frae Life, at Skara Brae, Appearin’, At right angles to the Chain-Mailed Bosom Noo orra descedin’ To cross the Region o’ the Heart: Let IT fall intae the Verra Abyss! Yet the Sceadewe! Great Wotan's Orrah! �"ÐENES HÁLIGE CRAWE, IT stylle leisurely stood, In Hys Mirk Bluid Bleedin’,Crossed hynne by the Verra Thunderbolt! Ah waes lookin’ for, An’ Hys, frae Kyng Rædwald the Gift! Mask o’ War IT, lo! Wi’ Black Fyre bleedin’, Upon the Cauld Soil, together wi’ Hys Cloak, Waes IT thrown, Hynne Hys Mirk Warlike Self unveilin’, Still Mine Ain! Nae Gory Fear! tae owre hide: SCEAD UNDER HELME HEARD BIÞ, MĪN FORESCÝWA RÉADAÞ. © 2022 Hermes Varini, PhD |
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Hermes Varini, PhDAboutPhilosopher, Author, Lecturer, Medievalist, Artist, Creator of the Antithetical Overman. I graduated in Philosophy at the University of Verona, Italy, with a dissertation on Medieval Metaphysics an.. more..Writing
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