Sabiendas - Ascending the Scaffold

Wrapped in a white penitential robe
On the top of an oxcar
Through the streets to the execution site
Hustling through the sanguinary crowd

Bring the convict to the scaffold
Lash him with iron chains to the ground
Let him hear the headsman pass the sentence
May he deserve the imminent ordeal

Break the delinquent on the wheel
Pain and abasement
The headsmen are well versed with their trade
Under the rules of penal jurisdiction

Wooden spokes
Iron mountings on the rim
Dropped down with power
To break the limbs
Slowly from the lower legs up to the arms
Shattered bones, maltreated limbs

Braided easily through the spokes of the wheel
As a cenotaph, raised up on a pile

Evil treatment as retaliation for the wicked deeds

Bring the convict to the scaffold
Lash him with iron chains to the ground
Let him hear the headsman pass the sentence
May he deserve the imminent ordeal