
ACT IV · THE BALANCE
Aeternum: The Balance
The seasons turn for centuries. She learns that her winter took him, and meets Vengeance, who fed every step of her war and holds what is left of him. She will not forgive. She tells the story anyway. Night and light, ice and flame, end in harmony.
Act IV of Black Swarm’s Latin electronic opera, sung by Kat. Every Latin line is translated below.
Tracklist
- 01Semper AeternumAlways, Eternal
- 02Regina DesolataThe Desolate Queen
- 03Ver Aestas Autumnus HiemsSpring, Summer, Autumn, WinterLyrics
- 04Eum TeneoI Hold HimLyrics
- 05Hiems MeaMy WinterLyrics
- 06Ager MeusMy FieldLyrics
- 07Semper SolaAlways Alone
- 08Mea EsYou Are MineLyrics
- 09Valete Opera MeaFarewell, My WorksLyrics
- 10Narro TamenI Tell It AnywayLyrics
- 11In ConcordiaIn HarmonyLyrics
- 12Regina FatiQueen of Fate
- 13Finis AeternusThe Eternal End
- 14Eum Teneo (Live)I Hold Him (Live)Lyrics as track 4
Lyrics & translation
TRACK 3
Ver Aestas Autumnus Hiems — Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Sero
Servo
Servio
Sero… servo… servio
I sow
I keep
I serve
I sow… I keep… I serve
Ver
Aestas
Autumnus
Hiems —
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter —
Ver
Spring
Saecula transeunt
Saecula transeunt
Servio
Servio…
The ages pass
The ages pass
I serve
I serve…
Ver — aestas — autumnus —
Hiems —
Spring — summer — autumn —
Winter —
Ver — aestas —
Spring — summer —
Hiems…
Hiems…
Winter…
Winter…
(Veni… vide…)
(Veni… vide…)
(Come… see…)
(Come… see…)
TRACK 4
Eum Teneo — I Hold Him
Rogasti: quis est illa?
Ultio sum
Ultio… sum
You asked: who is she?
I am Vengeance
I am… Vengeance
Serui odium
Nutrivi famem tuam
Verti rotam
Feci fenestram tuam
I sowed hatred
I fed your hunger
I turned the wheel
I made your window
Numquam te coegi
Semper elegisti
Semper… elegisti
Libera messis — optima messis
I never forced you
You always chose
You always… chose
A free harvest — the best harvest
Eum teneo
Ex hieme tua — meus
Eum teneo
Ideo tacet
I hold him
From your winter — mine
I hold him
That is why he is silent
Redde eum
Give him back
TRACK 5
Hiems Mea — My Winter
Ille discessit
Et ego gelavi mundum
Hiems mea eum sustulit
Hiems… mea
He left
And I froze the world
My winter took him
My… winter
Sciebam
Semper sciebam
Non flevi — numeravi
Ideo numeravi
I knew
I always knew
I did not weep — I counted
That is why I counted
Bellum meum — fuga mea
Punivi mundum pro me
Punivi mundum… pro me
My war — my escape
I punished the world instead of me
I punished the world… instead of me
Illa me sevit?
Fortasse
Sata sum — sed ego crevi
Sata sum, sed ego crevi
Did she sow me?
Perhaps
I was sown — but I did the growing
I was sown, but I did the growing
Ego sum hiems
Ego… sum… hiems
I am the winter
I… am… the winter
Hiems mea eum sustulit
Ego sum hiems
Sciebam… semper
My winter took him
I am the winter
I knew… always
TRACK 6
Ager Meus — My Field
Ubique sero
Ubique meto
In omni corde — ager meus
In omni saeculo — messis mea
Everywhere I sow
Everywhere I reap
In every heart — my field
In every age — my harvest
Amor non redditus — optima seges
Se ipse rigat
Cotidie
Se ipse rigat… cotidie
Love unreturned — the richest crop
It waters itself
Every day
It waters itself… every day
Milia mundorum
Ante te — reginae mille
Non prima es
Non ultima eris
Thousands of worlds
Before you — a thousand queens
You are not the first
You will not be the last
Una res me non alit: venia
Sed venia… rara est
One thing does not feed me: forgiveness
But forgiveness… is rare
Fabula mea est
Fabula mea est
Etiam haec
Etiam… haec
It is my story
It is my story
This one too
This one… too
Sed unum opus… praestat omnibus
But one work… surpasses them all
TRACK 8
Mea Es — You Are Mine
Opus meum es
Dedisti ei quod voluit — ut nihil teneret
Misericordia tua — vindicta perfecta
You are my work
You gave him what he wanted — so that he would hold nothing
Your mercy — the perfect vengeance
Fortasse
Perhaps
Sciebam quid facerem
Sed elegi
Elegi servare — non secare
I knew what I was doing
But I chose
I chose to keep — not to cut
Nullus gladius sic secat
Nullus… gladius
Mea es
Mea es
No sword cuts like that
No… sword
You are mine
You are mine
Orbis vivit
Vindicta non plantat
Orbis vivit — vindicta… non plantat
The world lives
Vengeance does not plant
The world lives — vengeance… does not plant
Ideo opus meum optimum es — quia nescis quid sis
Nescis… quid sis
That is why you are my finest work — because you do not know what you are
You do not know… what you are
(Mea es)
Elegi
(Mea es)
Elegi
(Mea…)
Elegi…
(You are mine)
I chose
(You are mine)
I chose
(Mine…)
I chose…
TRACK 9
Valete Opera Mea — Farewell, My Works
Redde eum
Redde eum
Give him back
Give him back
Quid petis?
Nihil mihi restat
Iam non mea sum
Quid… petis?
What do you ask for?
I have nothing left
I am no longer my own
What… do you ask for?
Quid pro eo petam?
Nihil
Iam nihil valet
Renuntiavistis ambae
Nemo iam odit
Sine odio — sine usu
What should I ask for him?
Nothing
He is worth nothing now
You both gave him up
No one hates any more
Without hatred — he has no use
Vacuus est
Sume
Nihil perdo
Alii agri me exspectant
He is empty
Take him
I lose nothing
Other fields are waiting for me
Valete — opera mea
Valete… opera mea
Farewell — my works
Farewell… my works
TRACK 10
Narro Tamen — I Tell It Anyway
Audite
Audite
Fabulam servavi
Fabulam narro
Listen
Listen
I have kept the story
I tell the story
Non ignosco
Non ignosco
Veniam non do — veritatem do
I do not forgive
I do not forgive
I do not give forgiveness — I give the truth
Quod factum est, narro
Ut sciant omnes
Veritatem do
Veritatem… do
What was done, I tell
So that everyone knows
I give the truth
I give… the truth
Scio quid nutrio
Scio… quid nutrio
Narro tamen
Narro tamen
I know what I am feeding
I know… what I am feeding
I tell it anyway
I tell it anyway
Si taceo — pereunt iterum
Memoria alit… et servat
Alit et servat
If I stay silent — they die again
Memory feeds… and it preserves
It feeds, and it preserves
Narro tamen
I tell it anyway
TRACK 11
In Concordia — In Harmony
Nox et lux
(In concordia)
Umbra et sol
(In concordia)
Night and light
(In harmony)
Shadow and sun
(In harmony)
Glacies et flamma
(In concordia)
Silentium et vox
(In concordia)
Ice and flame
(In harmony)
Silence and voice
(In harmony)
Mors et semen
(In concordia)
Utrumque servo
Inter utrumque sto
Death and seed
(In harmony)
I keep them both
I stand between them
Nec nox vincit
Nec lux
Nec nox vincit, nec lux
(In concordia)
Night does not win
Nor light
Neither night wins, nor light
(In harmony)
Etiam ultio — in concordia
Etiam… illa
Even vengeance — in harmony
Even… her
Omnia — in concordia
Omnia
(In concordia)
(In concordia)
Everything — in harmony
Everything
(In harmony)
(In harmony)
Amor meus means both “my love” the feeling and “my love” the man; the opera uses both.