
ACT III · THE VOID
Nox: The Void
The applause is gone. In the dark she calls for him, and nobody comes. Her shadow answers in her own voice. She begs to be erased and is handed her own words back: live, and watch. Four walls, one high window — and beyond it he lives, laughs and loves. With her.
Act III of Black Swarm’s Latin electronic opera, sung by Kat. Every Latin line is translated below.
Tracklist
- 01Nunc DimittisNow You Let Me Go
- 02Dies DestructionisDay of Destruction
- 03Ubi EsWhere Are YouLyrics
- 04Veni UmbraCome, ShadowLyrics
- 05TheatrumThe StageLyrics
- 06Umbra RespondetThe Shadow AnswersLyrics
- 07Te MaledicoI Curse YouLyrics
- 08Dele MeErase MeLyrics
- 09Nox GladiorumNight of Swords
- 10SententiaThe SentenceLyrics
- 11CarcerThe PrisonLyrics
- 12Poena AeternaEternal Punishment
- 13Sine MeWithout MeLyrics
- 14Epilogus DedecorisEpilogue of Disgrace
Lyrics & translation
TRACK 3
Ubi Es — Where Are You
Ad te veni
Ad te veni
Ubi es?
Ubi es?
I came to you
I came to you
Where are you?
Where are you?
Ubi es?
(ubi es… ubi es…)
Amor meus?
(amor meus…)
Where are you?
(where are you… where are you…)
My love?
(my love…)
Nihil est
Nemo venit
Nihil… est
Sola sum
There is nothing
No one comes
There is… nothing
I am alone
Ubi es? …
Where are you? …
TRACK 4
Veni Umbra — Come, Shadow
Veni, umbra
Veni, umbra
Te voco
Te voco
Come, shadow
Come, shadow
I call you
I call you
Tibi omnia dedi
Tibi omnia dedi
Audi me
Responde mihi
I gave you everything
I gave you everything
Hear me
Answer me
Veni… umbra…
Responde…
Come… shadow…
Answer…
Veni.
Iubeo.
Veni.
Iubeo.
Mundus flexit
Et tu flectes
Come.
I command it.
Come.
I command it.
The world bent the knee
And you will bend
Et tu flectes
Et tu… flectes
Veni, umbra
Veni…
And you will bend
And you… will bend
Come, shadow
Come…
Veni, umbra
(veni… umbra…)
Come, shadow
(come… shadow…)
TRACK 5
Theatrum — The Stage
(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
TRACK 6
Umbra Respondet — The Shadow Answers
Ubi eras?
Ubi eras?
(Hic. Semper hic.)
Where were you?
Where were you?
(Here. Always here.)
Serva me
(Non possum)
Adiuva me
(Nihil habeo)
Serva me!
(Nihil… habeo)
Save me
(I cannot)
Help me
(I have nothing)
Save me!
(I have… nothing)
Tibi omnia dedi
Tibi omnia dedi
(Omnia tibi dedisti)
(Omnia… tibi… dedisti)
I gave you everything
I gave you everything
(You gave everything to yourself)
(You gave… everything… to yourself)
Quis es?
Quis… es?
(Tu.)
Who are you?
Who… are you?
(You.)
Umbra mea sum
Umbra mea sum
I am my own shadow
I am my own shadow
TRACK 7
Te Maledico — I Curse You
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…
TRACK 8
Dele Me — Erase Me
Non paenitet me
Nihil retracto
Quod feci, feci
Veniam non peto
I do not repent
I take nothing back
What I did, I did
I ask no forgiveness
Non timeo infernum
Nolo flammas
Noli me damnare igni
Poenam non recuso — nisi unam
I do not fear hell
I do not want the flames
Do not condemn me to fire
I refuse no punishment — except one
Dele me
Dele me omnino
Exstingue me
Ut nihil sim
Erase me
Erase me completely
Put me out
So that I am nothing
Misericordiam non peto
Nisi hanc unam
Ultima misericordia:
Nihil
Da mihi nihil
I ask no mercy
Except this one
The last mercy:
Nothing
Give me nothing
Ut numquam fuerim
Ut numquam… fuerim
As if I had never been
As if I had… never been
Dele me
Dele me omnino
Exstingue me
Ut nihil sim
Erase me
Erase me completely
Put me out
So that I am nothing
Dele me
Dele me…
Dele… me…
Erase me
Erase me…
Erase… me…
TRACK 10
Sententia — The Sentence
(vive et vide…)
(vive et vide…)
(vive et vide)
(live, and watch…)
(live, and watch…)
(live, and watch)
Verba… mea
My… own words
(Vive et vide)
(Vive et vide)
(Semper)
(Live, and watch)
(Live, and watch)
(Forever)
TRACK 11
Carcer — The Prison
Lapis
Lapis
Stone
Stone
Murus
Quattuor muri
Wall
Four walls
Sine porta
Sine… porta
Fenestra una
Alta
No door
No… door
One window
High up
Factum est
Factum… est
It is done
It is… done
TRACK 13
Sine Me — Without Me
Vivit
Vivit
Ridet
Amat
He lives
He lives
He laughs
He loves
Felix est
Felix est
Sine me
Sine… me
He is happy
He is happy
Without me
Without… me
Cum illa
Cum… illa
With her
With… her
Iterum
Again
(vivit… ridet… amat…)
(he lives… he laughs… he loves…)
Amor meus means both “my love” the feeling and “my love” the man; the opera uses both.