ACT I · THE FALL
Regina: The Fall
He chose another woman. She did not weep. She counted the days, and the winter came from her: first the garden, then the wells, then the open sea.
Act I of Black Swarm’s Latin electronic opera, sung by Kat. Every Latin line is translated below.
Tracklist
- 01PraeludiumPrelude
- 02RotaThe Wheel
- 03InvocatioInvocation
- 04LamentatioLament
- 05GlaciesIce
- 06Vae VictisWoe to the Conquered
- 07Numquam EramI Never Was
- 08Rota AeternaThe Eternal Wheel
Lyrics & translation
THE ANTHEM · SUNG ON REGINA LIVE
Regina — O Queen
O regina
Umbra plena
Rota sine termino
Nunc ascendo
Nunc descendo
Vita sine domino
O queen
Full of shadow
A wheel without end
Now I rise
Now I fall
A life without a master
Luna crescit
Et vanescit
Omnia mutantur
Aurum, honor
Poena, dolor
Vento dissipantur
The moon waxes
And wanes
All things change
Gold, honour
Punishment, pain
Are scattered by the wind
Fatum caecum
Fatum saevum
Volve me per tenebras
Sine luce
Sine duce
Frange omnes catenas
Blind fate
Cruel fate
Turn me through the darkness
Without light
Without a guide
Break every chain
Nocte tecta
Vi subiecta
Canto contra sidera
Flamma crescit
Non quiescit
Ardet anima libera
Covered by night
Held down by force
I sing against the stars
The flame grows
It does not rest
The free soul burns
Ubi lumen?
Ubi numen?
Solum umbrae manent
Cor meum
Non tuum
Fata me non frangent
Where is the light?
Where is the god?
Only shadows remain
My heart
Not yours
The fates will not break me
Nunc et semper
Contra ventum
Voce clara canite
Fata frangam
Umbras vincam
Mecum lucem quaerite
Now and always
Against the wind
Sing with a clear voice
I will break the fates
I will conquer the shadows
Seek the light with me
O regina
Umbra plena
O regina
O queen
Full of shadow
O queen
THE ENGLISH SINGLE
Winter Came
The only part of the story sung in English. The Latin echoes: glacies — ice; hiems venit — winter came; ex illa — from her; non flevit — she did not weep; numeravit — she counted; semper — always.
You never bowed
In a room of bent heads
You called me a name
That wasn't queen
Then you chose her
No crown on her head
Maybe that was it
Maybe that was it
And the winter came
It came from me
First the garden, then the wells
Then the open sea
I did not weep
I counted days
And the winter came
And the winter stayed
The servants lit more fires
The fires wouldn't take
They brought me furs and candles
I sent them all away
And the winter came
It came from me
First the garden, then the wells
Then the open sea
I did not weep
I counted days
The last warm word I ever spoke
Was your name
I've tried to say it since —
It doesn't come
(glacies…)
(hiems venit…)
And the winter came (Hiems venit)
It came from me (Ex illa… ex illa)
I did not weep (Non flevit)
I counted days (Numeravit… numeravit)
And the frost came down (Semper)
Like a wedding veil (Semper… semper)
They stopped saying my name
They started saying —
(Regina…)
(Regina…)
(Regina…)
Lyrics coming soon.
Amor meus means both “my love” the feeling and “my love” the man; the opera uses both.