Рет қаралды 2,174
LYRICS REVISED SINCE UPLOAD. SEE BELOW FOR UPDATED LYRICS
As usual, my goal was to take as few liberties with meaning as possible while maintaining the rhyme scheme, syllable count per line, and overall singability with the original melody. No attempt was made to adhere to ancient Roman meter. The language itself is classical (hopefully), but the poetic form is deliberately modern. The complete lyrics are reprinted below.
Latin Pronunciation Guide: www.hsmespanol....
If you're a singer and would like to try your hand at this version, please don't hesitate. Seriously, don't even bother asking. Just record it, post it on KZbin, and send me a link. You will make my week (maybe even my month) if you do that! I do prefer that credit be given for the lyrics, but frankly, I'll be so grateful I'm not sure I'll even care about that. It's hard enough to find performers for my modern-language adaptations and even more so for the ones in ancient/dead tongues.
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LYRICS
Hīc unda mē abactūra surgit
Et mē in harēnam summergit.
Fremitus iam meam vōcem sorbuit.
Nihil quod dīcō ēmergit.
Nōn plōrābō.
Nec contrā hoc conlābar.
Nōn est minātiō
Quae umquam percellat mē.
Haud in silentium
Pellar vel urgēbor.
Cōnātū nōn terrēbor.
Ego nōn tacēbō,
Sed audiar!
Spīrābō.
Ā nēmine suffōcābor.
Nōn minōris aestimābor.
Ego nōn tacēbō,
Sed audiar!
Firmissimē quaeque lex scripta'st diū,
Saeculīs scalpta in saxum.
"Semper melior vīsū quam audītū."
Mox illud erit abactum.
Perstō,
Nam nōn conlābī possum.
Nunc cōnār' ergō
Mē percellere, sī audēs.
Haud in silentium
Pellar vel urgēbor.
Cōnātū nōn terrēbor.
Ego nōn tacēbō,
Sed audiar!
Audiar!
In procellā,
Nōn rumpar, sed pergam.
Haud meam vōcem perdam.
Ego nōn tacēbō,
Sed audiar!
Sī in carcer' inclūdar,
Nec moriar nec dēspērābō.
Quamvīs fractae ālae sint,
Tamen trans caelum candēbō.
Resonat dēclārātiō.
Haud silēbō.
Quamquam mē terrēre vīs, numquam terrēbor.
Ego nōn tacēbō,
Sed audiar!
Audiar!
Spīrābō.
Ā nēmine suffōcābor.
Nōn minōris aestimābor.
Ego nōn tacēbō,
Sed audiar!
Ego nōn tacēbō,
Sed audiar!
Audiar!