Adramelch Declained Prelude (The Bread and the Water)

Outside the wall - the guardians
Inside the wall - the accused
Inside the walls - the Inquisitor!

Save we must the heretic from himself
The bread of sorrow, the water of tribulation...

Instrument of the demon is the unfaithful heretic,
The shrewd serpent with a bifurcated tongue must, in the end, spit the venom

From the height of my throne I dig into your heart
My words explore your mind

Confess your deception and I will pardon you, you will be free.
Here you lie frightened in the mud which is suffocating you.
Confess! and you will receive my pity...

(A mental torture the interrogation
Torture that traps the accused
In the labyrinth of self-incriminating suspicion
The inquisitor, in his fervor,
Expounds the thoughts of the accused in his reactions,
Expounds the unspoken thought

Now the Inquisitor rules: "This is the crime!"
The accused confesses his sin, spontaneously; he confesses his blame against the divine order)