Black Swarm Nox album cover: Kat in a black gown on cracked dry earth surrounded by scattered letters

LYRICS · ACT III · NOX

Te Maledico — I Curse You

Track 7 on Nox: The Void, Act III of Black Swarm’s Latin electronic opera.

Latin lyrics & English translation

LATINENGLISH

Te maledico
Te maledico
Te damno
Te damno

I curse you
I curse you
I condemn you
I condemn you

Perfida!
(perfida… perfida…)
Falsa!
(falsa… falsa…)
Mendax!
(mendax… mendax…)
Vana!
(vana… vana…)

Faithless!
(faithless… faithless…)
False!
(false… false…)
Liar!
(liar… liar…)
Hollow!
(hollow… hollow…)

Maledicta sis
Maledicta sis
(maledicta… maledicta…)

Be cursed
Be cursed
(cursed… cursed…)

(Te maledicis.)

(You are cursing yourself.)

Te maledico!
(te maledicis…)
Te damno!
(te maledicis…)
Maledicta sis!
(te… maledicis…)

I curse you!
(you curse yourself…)
I condemn you!
(you curse yourself…)
Be cursed!
(you… curse yourself…)

Scio
Scio…

I know
I know…

Amor meus means both “my love” the feeling and “my love” the man; the opera uses both.