When translated from Sanskrit to English, the lyrics from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace's 'Duel of the Fates' read as "Under the tongue root, a fight most dread, and another raging, behind in the head." This comes from a medieval Welsh poem called Cad Goddeu (The Battle of the Trees)

Star Wars - John Williams - Duel Of The Fates

Korah Matah Korah Rahtahmah

Korah Rahtamah Yoodhah Korah

Korah Syahdho Rahtahmah Daanyah

Korah Keelah Daanyah

Nyohah Keelah Korah Rahtahmah

Syadho Keelah Korah Rahtahmah

Korah Daanyah Korah Rahtahmah

Korah Daanyah Korah Rahtahmah

Nyohah Keelah Korah Rahtahmah

Syadho Keelah Korah Rahtahmah

Korah

Korah Matah Korah Rahtahmah

Korah Daanyah Korah Rahtahmah

Nyohah Keelah Korah Rahtahmah

Syadho Keelah Korah Rahtahmah

Korah

Cad Goddeu (English: The Battle of the Trees) is a medieval Welsh poem preserved in the 14th-century manuscript known as the Book of Taliesin. The poem refers to a traditional story in which the legendary enchanter Gwydion animates the trees of the forest to fight as his army. The poem is especially notable for its striking and enigmatic symbolism and the wide variety of interpretations this has occasioned.

John Williams: "The great sword fight at the end of the film - the decision to make that choral was just the result of my thinking that it should have a ritualistic or quasi-religious feeling, and the introduction of a chorus might be just the thing. ... [T]he medium of chorus and orchestra would give us a sense that we're in a big temple."

Submitted December 02, 2017 at 09:07PM by zach2thefuture http://ift.tt/2zVCQWp