1648 [Swedish version] [English translation]

Europe seeks peace, and no one else opposed,

Generals from the North went to work.

Evil

They plunder,

Swiftly

They rape

Death

See the whole of Bohemia set ablaze!

One city remains.

An army must satiate its hunger1

For war

(Through battle)

They plunder their way

No peace

(No peace)

When Königsmarck goes forth

Like no other man,

Like no other can.

Fire and murder, for Bohemia shall fall,

Königsmarck's law, let it be enacted in Prague.

Drenched in blood, as the Swedes fight on forth

Do evil deeds,

Give no mercy!

Conquered the city's castle, a slaughter without sorrow.

When they looted, burned and defiled/pillaged on its square.

Evil

To the bone2

Swiftly

To slaughter

Death

One stands and waits over the bridge

The city remains.

On Charles' Bridge they stopped the wave

For men

(For men)

Who fought so hard

Through fire

They looted and went forth

Like no other man

Like no other can!

The battle for the city by the banks of Vltava

Where the war broke out and where it ended

For thirty years, the war has claimed its right

For the soldier who swore fealty

For the eight million who have lost their lives

There is no comfort in the peace

1. Literally: "Its mouth"2. Literally: "To the marrow"