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LYRICS · ACT IV · AETERNUM

Mea Es — You Are Mine

Track 8 on Aeternum: The Balance, Act IV of Black Swarm’s Latin electronic opera.

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Latin lyrics & English translation

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Opus meum es
Dedisti ei quod voluit — ut nihil teneret
Misericordia tua — vindicta perfecta

You are my work
You gave him what he wanted — so that he would hold nothing
Your mercy — the perfect vengeance

Fortasse

Perhaps

Sciebam quid facerem
Sed elegi
Elegi servare — non secare

I knew what I was doing
But I chose
I chose to keep — not to cut

Nullus gladius sic secat
Nullus… gladius
Mea es
Mea es

No sword cuts like that
No… sword
You are mine
You are mine

Orbis vivit
Vindicta non plantat
Orbis vivit — vindicta… non plantat

The world lives
Vengeance does not plant
The world lives — vengeance… does not plant

Ideo opus meum optimum es — quia nescis quid sis
Nescis… quid sis

That is why you are my finest work — because you do not know what you are
You do not know… what you are

(Mea es)
Elegi
(Mea es)
Elegi
(Mea…)
Elegi…

(You are mine)
I chose
(You are mine)
I chose
(Mine…)
I chose…

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