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1. |
Flores Lecti
04:01
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(Latin):
I
Filiola fui, in forma
Decorissima, et
Saltatione innocens,
Et ita, legens flores
Narcissumque aetatula,
Unde ego observata
Tacitorum domino
Recepte multum
Rege pallido
Qui accipit multum
Ego legebar
CHORUS
Nuptula mortis fiebam
Quae aeturnum virgo
II
Tutela arborium,
Sub protegente umbra,
Sedi et, ludi et, latui me,
Procul sole durante
Rapiebar ut tenebra
Subterra recluserat
Sine caesura
Super candidato
Venit Rex Pallidus
Saturnio
Filius temporis
CHORUS
Nuptula mortis fiebam
Quae aeturnum virgo
III
Floribus lectis
Dona Veneria
Sum ultra ego iuventate
Remansura
Gens non possit fecundare ex me
Mortales non foedent me
Moribunda
Filiola fui
Decorissima
CHORUS
Nuptula mortis fiebam
Quae aeturnum virgo
(English):
I
I was the little daughter, in form
Most graceful and
Innocent in dancing,
And in this way, picking flowers
And a Narcissus. In the tender age,
Whence I, having been spied
By the Lord of the Silent,
The Receiver of the Many,
The Pale King,
He Who Receives Many,
I was plucked.
CHORUS
I became a bride of death,
Who is forever a maiden
II
Under the guard of trees,
Beneath the shielding shade,
I sat and I played, and I hid myself
Away from the weathering sun.
I was snatched as the dark
Under-earth had opened.
Without a pause,
Upon a bright horse,
Came the Pale King,
Son of Saturn,
Son of Time.
CHORUS
I became a bride of death
Who is forever a maiden
III
With the flowers having been picked,
Venerial gifts
I am beyond. In youth
I am going to remain.
Blood may not fruit from me
Mortal men may not mar me.
Dying
I was the little daughter
Most graceful
CHORUS
I became a bride of death
Who is forever a maiden
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2. |
Amor Carmen Novercae
02:44
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(Latin/Greek):
Dolor furore cor contaminat
Anima hauritur tecum somnio horis
Ita virgo mittit filio
Salutem Amazonio
Dianae puella creta amatur
Desere crudelitatem et
In cuna gremioque ingredere
Nihil causa celebrandi
Nisi una copulamur
Sicut di quibus idem permittitur
Lavata madida sine solatia
In tempesta lacrimisque malis et fata
Apollo aversus avolat
Ut Daphne venatura
Quod est contra fabula narrata
Praeda praeditorem venatur
Venatorem aucupor in luxuria
Amor cruciatus cavea
Damnato domo vinculis
ὦ θεᾱ́ ἐμοί πεμπέσθω ἔρωτᾰ
(English):
A pain infects my heart with madness
My soul devoured by a dream with hours with you
So a girl sends to the son
Of an Amazon a greeting
Diana’s man loved by a girl from Crete
Abandon your cruelty
Enter in my lap and my cradle
No cause for celebrating
Until as one we come together
As the gods, to whom this same (kind of) love is allowed
Soaked, drunk, without comfort
In weather and weepings fell and fated
Apollo having turned away flies
As Daphne is about to hunt
Which is the story told in reverse
The Prey hunts the Predator
The Hunter in lust I chase
A tortured love a cage
In a damned house in chains
O Goddess, send (his) love to me
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3. |
Credite Mihi
03:13
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(Latin):
I
Domi Invidiae despero,
Hic feror et oculis
Gero iam dona impartita,
Sed etiam maledicta
II
Vobis videntur mea indicia
Alucinationes
Rete illaqueans, trucidandum ad me
Regemque fatum male
CHORUS
Credite mihi!
Credite mihi, oro, sicut supplex genu suo
III
Magno cum dolore
Veritatem invoco ego
Plorans, supplicans, ut
Denique credant mihi
CHORUS
Credite mihi!
Credite mihi, oro, sicut supplex genu suo
IV
Mea monitia inania sunt
Cum Parcae immobiles dignent,
Reginae iratae manu,
Fatam me necari
CHORUS
Credite mihi!
Credite mihi, oro, sicut supplex genu suo
(English):
I
I am hopeless at this house of hate.
I am carried here and, in my eyes,
I bear now the imparted gifts
But also, the curses.
II
To you my clues seem
Hallucinations
The tangling net for slaughtering me
And the ill-fated king
CHORUS
Believe me!
Believe me, I pray, as a suppliant on her knee!
III
With great pain
I invoke the truth
Weeping, pleading, so
Finally, they might believe me
CHORUS
Believe me!
Believe me, I pray, as a suppliant on her knee!
IV
My warnings are vain
Since the immovable Fates deign,
By the hand of the balfeful queen,
Doomed me to be killed.
CHORUS
Believe me!
Believe me, I pray, as a suppliant on her knee!
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4. |
ἡ Κλυταιμνήστρα
03:43
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(Ancient Greek):
VERSE I
Οἱ ἄνεμοι ἔχοντες ἡσυχίαν
ἐπί τῇ εὐρείᾳ θαλάττῃ
μετ’ οὔτε τοῦ ψιθυρισμοῦ οὔτε τῆς ᾠδῆς,
κωλύουσι τάς ναῦς.
Ἡ θεά κελεύει τόν βασιλέα,
ἡ θυγάτηρ ἐστίν ἡ θυσία,
τήν ἀδιάλλακτον σφαγήν τιμωρήσω!
VERSE II
Δακρυχέουσα μάτην ἱκετεύω,
ἐμά πάθη πρός τήν θεάν ἥσυχα,
μένω καί ἐπινοῶ φαίνειν
ὅταν οἴκαδε ἐκ τῆς νίκης πλεύσῃ
τήν ἀδιάλλακτον σφαγήν τιμωρήσω!
VERSE III
Tούτων τῶν καλῶν πραχθέντων
ἐπαναστήσεται ἐπόμενον αἷμα,
χυθήσεται αἷμα τῆς μητρός,
φανήσεται φόνος ἐκ φόνου.
CHORUS
Ἡ καλή γυνή, ἐκλήθην Κλυταιμνήστρα.
(English):
The winds having silence
Over the wide sea
With neither a whisper nor a song
Hinder the fleet
The goddess orders the king
The daughter is the sacrifice
Irreconcilable slaughter I will avenge
The good wife I was called by name
Klytemnestra
Weeping in vain I plead (to him)
My pain to the goddess is silent
I wait and I plot to bring to light
When homeward bound from victory he shall sail
Irreconcilable slaughter I will avenge
The good wife I was called by name
Klytemnestra
When these “good” things are done
Blood following (children) shall rise up against (me)
Maternal blood shall be shed
A murder out of murder is brought to light
The good wife I was called by name
Klytemnestra
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5. |
Scelera Malorum
03:50
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(Latin):
I
Matri inultae, aeturnum lacrimanti,
Raptae virginīque,
Sororēs tres nos divinae et Εὐμενῐ́δες
Servire pollicemur,
Cum scelera malorum
Perseverent impoenita.
II
Qui amicti estis et culpa irrigati,
Luere infamiarum,
Qui, homines, scitis de vestrīs peccatīs,
(Num Lata animo onerosa?)
Tremore, sanguine,
Debetis. Nostrae irae odia aequa.
III
Cruor merces, exlegni igne ,
Extorta, tetrica mulcta est.
Odio insomni, inquietā irā,
Nostra violentia
Excita. Demissa.
Furia iure lībera.
Crudelitate Damnata.
IV
Dolores graves Mulieris,
In pectore sepultī alte
Vulnera cēlāta cognovimus.
Lata animo onerosa,
Cum scelera malorum
Remaneant impoenita.
Crudelitate damnatae.
(English):I
To the mother unrevenged, ever weeping,
To the maiden taken,
We sisters three divine and Eumenides
Promise to serve,
Since the crimes of evil men
Continue unpunished
II
You who are clothed and bathed in blame,
Atone of your disgraces,
You, men, who know your own crimes
(Are these things not born heavy on your mind?)
In a tremble, with blood,
You must. Our wraths are hatreds just.
III
Blood the price, from lawless fire,
Having been extorted, is a harsh payment.
Out of sleepless hate, from reckless rage,
Our violence
Having been awoken. Having been released.
Fury free from law
Having been damned by cruelty.
IV
Grave griefs of Woman,
Buried deep within her breast,
We know her hidden wounds;
Borne heavy on our mind,
While the crimes of the wicked men
Remain unpunished.
We are damned by our own cruelty.
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Vudu Sister Providence, Rhode Island
Vudu Sister is an American band based in Providence, Rhode Island. Gothic folk with grunge influences. Songs to Sing in the Dark.
Keith J.G McCurdy.
Diane O'Connor.
Isabel Castellvi.
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