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

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

  1. 01Nunc DimittisNow You Let Me Go
  2. 02Dies DestructionisDay of Destruction
  3. 03Ubi EsWhere Are YouLyrics
  4. 04Veni UmbraCome, ShadowLyrics
  5. 05TheatrumThe StageLyrics
  6. 06Umbra RespondetThe Shadow AnswersLyrics
  7. 07Te MaledicoI Curse YouLyrics
  8. 08Dele MeErase MeLyrics
  9. 09Nox GladiorumNight of Swords
  10. 10SententiaThe SentenceLyrics
  11. 11CarcerThe PrisonLyrics
  12. 12Poena AeternaEternal Punishment
  13. 13Sine MeWithout MeLyrics
  14. 14Epilogus DedecorisEpilogue of Disgrace

Lyrics & translation

TRACK 3

Ubi Es — Where Are You

LATINENGLISH

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

LATINENGLISH

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

LATINENGLISH

(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

LATINENGLISH

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

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…

TRACK 8

Dele Me — Erase Me

LATINENGLISH

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

LATINENGLISH

(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

LATINENGLISH

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

LATINENGLISH

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.