
Latin lyrics & English translation
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
Amor meus means both “my love” the feeling and “my love” the man; the opera uses both.