LYRICS · ACT III · NOX
Theatrum — The Stage
Track 5 on Nox: The Void, Act III of Black Swarm’s Latin electronic opera.
Latin lyrics & English translation
LATINENGLISH
(Re-gi-na… Re-gi-na…)
(Re-gi-na… Re-gi-na…)
(Regina! Regina! Regina!)
(Regina! Regina! Regina!)
Clamabant nomen meum
Ubi plausus?
Ubi… plausus?
They used to shout my name
Where is the applause?
Where… is the applause?
(re-gi-na… re-gi-na…)
(re-gi-na… re-gi-na…)
Fuit orbis
Fuit regina
Fuit… fuit…
There was a world
There was a queen
There was… there was…
Theatrum vacuum
Fuit
An empty theatre
It was
Amor meus means both “my love” the feeling and “my love” the man; the opera uses both.