LYRICS · ACT II · ORBIS
Lex Mea — My Law
Track 6 on Orbis: The War, Act II of Black Swarm’s Latin electronic opera.
Latin lyrics & English translation
Parcite matribus
Parcite parvulis
Nolite nocere
Haec est lex mea
Spare the mothers
Spare the little ones
Do no harm
This is my law
Iurate!
(Iuramus)
Iurate!
(Iuramus)
Parcite matribus
(Iuramus)
Parcite parvulis
(Iuramus)
Swear it!
(We swear)
Swear it!
(We swear)
Spare the mothers
(We swear)
Spare the little ones
(We swear)
Bellum est ignis
Innocentibus parcite
Haec est lex mea
Haec est lex
War is fire
Spare the innocent
This is my law
This is the law
Iurate!
(Iuramus)
Nolite nocere
(Iuramus)
Parcite matribus
(Iuramus)
Parcite parvulis
(Iuramus)
Swear it!
(We swear)
Do no harm
(We swear)
Spare the mothers
(We swear)
Spare the little ones
(We swear)
Servate animas
Servate… animas
Save the souls
Save… the souls
Amor meus means both “my love” the feeling and “my love” the man; the opera uses both.