Olim lacus colueram

Olim lacus colueram,................Once I lived on lakes,
olim pulcher extiteram,............ once I looked beautiful
dum cignus ego fueram...............when I was a swan.


(Male chorus)
Miser, miser!...................... Misery me!
modo niger..........................Now black
et ustus fortiter!..................and roasting fiercely!


(Tenor)
Girat, regirat garcifer;............The servant is turning me on the spit;
me rogus urit fortiter;............ I am burning fiercely on the pyre:
propinat me nunc dapifer,.......... the steward now serves me up.


(Male Chorus)
Miser, miser!...................... Misery me!
modo niger..........................Now black
et ustus fortiter!..................and roasting fiercely!


(Tenor)
Nunc in scutella iaceo,............ Now I lie on a plate,
et volitare nequeo..................and cannot fly anymore,
dentes frendentes video:............I see bared teeth:


(Male Chorus)
Miser, miser!...................... Misery me!
modo niger..........................Now black
et ustus fortiter!..................and roasting fiercely!