LYRICS · ACT II · ORBIS
Ex Cineribus Surgo — From the Ashes I Rise
Track 4 on Orbis: The War, Act II of Black Swarm’s Latin electronic opera.
Latin lyrics & English translation
Glacies liquescit
Glacies liquescit
Ignis sub glacie
The ice is melting
The ice is melting
Fire beneath the ice
Ex cineribus surgo
Ex cineribus surgo
From the ashes I rise
From the ashes I rise
Flamma renovata
Flamma renovata
Ex cineribus surgo
Flamma renovata
The flame reborn
The flame reborn
From the ashes I rise
The flame reborn
Cudite gladios
(Cudite!)
Candet ferrum
(Candet!)
Surgite, surgite
(Surgite!)
Forge the swords
(Forge!)
The iron glows white-hot
(It glows!)
Rise, rise
(Rise!)
Ignis crescit
Ignis crescit
Numquam exstinguetur
The fire grows
The fire grows
It will never be put out
Flamma renovata
(Surgite!)
Ex cineribus surgo
(Surgite!)
Numquam exstinguetur
The flame reborn
(Rise!)
From the ashes I rise
(Rise!)
It will never be put out
Una anima
Una… anima
One soul
One… soul
Amor meus means both “my love” the feeling and “my love” the man; the opera uses both.