LYRICS · ACT II · ORBIS
Victoria Me Vorat — Victory Devours Me
Track 8 on Orbis: The War, Act II of Black Swarm’s Latin electronic opera.
Latin lyrics & English translation
Victoria me vorat
Victoria me vorat
Quod capio, me capit
Victory devours me
Victory devours me
What I seize, seizes me
(Parcite matribus… parcite parvulis…)
Tace!
(Spare the mothers… spare the little ones…)
Silence!
Plus volo
Plus volo
Non satis
Numquam satis
I want more
I want more
Not enough
Never enough
(Parcite… parcite parvulis…)
Tace!
(Tace!)
(Spare… spare the little ones…)
Silence!
(Silence!)
Fames mea crescit
Quod capio, me capit
Victoria me vorat
Et ego… volo
My hunger grows
What I seize, seizes me
Victory devours me
And I… want it
(Parcite…)
Tace.
(Spare…)
Silence.
Victoria me vorat
Et ego volo
Victoria me vorat
Et ego volo
Victory devours me
And I want it
Victory devours me
And I want it
Decem milia animarum
Decem milia… animarum
Ten thousand souls
Ten thousand… souls
Amor meus means both “my love” the feeling and “my love” the man; the opera uses both.