
LYRICS · ACT II · ORBIS
Vive et Vide — Live, and Watch
Track 12 on Orbis: The War, Act II of Black Swarm’s Latin electronic opera.
Latin lyrics & English translation
Occide me
Te precor
Mori volo
Da mihi mortem
Kill me
I beg you
I want to die
Give me death
Mori vis?
Vives
Vive et vide
Vives
You want to die?
You will live
Live, and watch
You will live
Ille te elegit
Ille te elegit
Nunc ego te eligo
Vive et vide
He chose you
He chose you
Now I choose you
Live, and watch
Mille animae
Decem milia animarum
Centum milia animarum
(Vive et vide)
(Vive et vide)
A thousand souls
Ten thousand souls
A hundred thousand souls
(Live, and watch)
(Live, and watch)
Amavi eum
Amavi eum
(Ego quoque)
Amavi eum
I loved him
I loved him
(So did I)
I loved him
Vives!
(Te precor!)
Vive et vide!
(Occide me!)
Vives!
(Te precor…)
Memento omnia
You will live!
(I beg you!)
Live, and watch!
(Kill me!)
You will live!
(I beg you…)
Remember everything
Scribam iterum
Vive… et vide
I will write again
Live… and watch
Amor meus means both “my love” the feeling and “my love” the man; the opera uses both.