
LYRICS · ACT IV · AETERNUM
Ager Meus — My Field
Track 6 on Aeternum: The Balance, Act IV of Black Swarm’s Latin electronic opera.
Latin lyrics & English translation
Ubique sero
Ubique meto
In omni corde — ager meus
In omni saeculo — messis mea
Everywhere I sow
Everywhere I reap
In every heart — my field
In every age — my harvest
Amor non redditus — optima seges
Se ipse rigat
Cotidie
Se ipse rigat… cotidie
Love unreturned — the richest crop
It waters itself
Every day
It waters itself… every day
Milia mundorum
Ante te — reginae mille
Non prima es
Non ultima eris
Thousands of worlds
Before you — a thousand queens
You are not the first
You will not be the last
Una res me non alit: venia
Sed venia… rara est
One thing does not feed me: forgiveness
But forgiveness… is rare
Fabula mea est
Fabula mea est
Etiam haec
Etiam… haec
It is my story
It is my story
This one too
This one… too
Sed unum opus… praestat omnibus
But one work… surpasses them all
Amor meus means both “my love” the feeling and “my love” the man; the opera uses both.