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Deus le veult! Deus le veult! Par la croix, par l'épée, dieu nous appelle! Clairvaux! Clairvaux! Pour le Christ, en avant! From noble blood to monk's hard bed He chose the cross, not gold or thread Entered citeaux in hunger and frost To revive the faith the world had lost Built clairvaux from forest stone Prayer and labor, flesh to bone Cistercian fire across the land Monks rose up at his command Not comfort Not ease But discipline On bended knees Stand, bernard of clairvaux! Sword of spirit, lion of Christ Burned corruption with holy fire Faith, purity, war! Not for empire, not for fame But to glorify his name The south was rotting in heretic lies Cathar poison in demon disguise They cursed the flesh, denied the cross Mocked the sacraments, damned the lost Infanticide, starvation rites Marriage broken, darkness praised as light Bernard marched with gospel flame Exposed their fraud, shattered their claim Truth confronted Deceit undone Light advanced The war begun Stand, bernard of clairvaux! Hammer of heresy, breaker of chains Christendom cleansed of cathar stains Faith, purity, war! False gospels burned by holy decree Victory for orthodoxy Popes and kings sought out his voice Europe moved by bernard's choice He raised the banner, called the knights Second crusade, holy fight Take the cross! The valleys roared From rhine to France the armies poured Not greed he preached, repentance first Souls baptized before steel was burst Not bloodlust But holy vow Sin must fall Before God now Stand, bernard of clairvaux! Crusade preacher, shepherd of war Europe rose at his roar Faith, purity, war! He crowned the sword with penance true Christ commanded what men must do Christus vincit! Christus regnat! Christus imperat! Abbot of monks Commander of souls Mary's knight with burning tongue Doctor mellifluus, honey and flame He shaped the templars' holy code Warriors bound by Christ's road When death approached, Europe wept A titan fell, but his fire was kept Monasteries, crusades, theology Still echo bernard's legacy From cloister walls To battlefields His war still marches Across the years Stand, bernard of clairvaux! Abbot of fire, saint of steel Faith made weapon, prayer made shield Faith, purity, war! The cross still leads the righteous host Against the lies we fight the most Stand, bernard of clairvaux! From forest cell to Europe's throne Christendom built on his bones Deus le veult! Deus le veult! Until heresy is no more We march as he swore Deus le veult! Deus le veult! Saint bernard nous conduit! Pour le Christ roi! Amen!