Cignus ustus cantat

Burnt Swan Sings

Cignus ustus cantat

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

Wretched, wretched!Miser, miser!
now blackmodo niger
and burnt fiercely!et ustus fortiter!

It spins, spins around the funeral pyre;Girat, regirat garcifer;
the pyre burns me fiercely;me rogus urit fortiter;
now the cook serves me.propinat me nunc dapifer.

Wretched, wretched!Miser, miser!
now blackmodo niger
and burnt fiercely!et ustus fortiter!

Now I lie on a platter,Nunc in scutella iaceo,
and I cannot flyet volitare nequeo
I see gnashing teeth:dentes frendentes video:

Wretched, wretched!Miser, miser!
now blackmodo niger
and burnt fiercely!et ustus fortiter!