LYRICS · ACT III · NOX
Umbra Respondet — The Shadow Answers
Track 6 on Nox: The Void, Act III of Black Swarm’s Latin electronic opera.
Latin lyrics & English translation
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
Amor meus means both “my love” the feeling and “my love” the man; the opera uses both.