Gradus Vita

Life's Steps

Gradus Vita

Better GodBeterarium Deus
God sleeps on the mountainMons dormio Deus
I declare firmly, the earth tremblesRenuntio decerto terra agminatim
Our spirit!Nobis spiritus!

Beloved flower field, I forget the murmursAmatum floris campus, oblivisror fremitus
Modest sound.Verecundum sonitus.

God has forgotten, eternal reasonDeus obliverat, ratio aeternus
Rain pours, rough windBapulo pluvit, asper ventus
Here suffering gifts I declareHir passus dona renuntio
Life's steps, there is no causeGradus vita, non est causa
Or longing for heavenAn desiderium caelum

Despising Venus' daughterDespecto veneri filia
I pluck for what reason the grassCarpo quan ob rem herba
And from the soul, poison?Et e animus, venenum?

Like a wheel, I am beatenLanquam rota, vapularis
I do not thirst for the earth's drinkVurnus non sitio terrus bibulum

Better GodBeterarium DeuS
God sleeps on the mountainMons dormio Deus
I declare firmly, the earth tremblesRenuntio decerto terra agminatim
Our spirit!Nobis spiritus!

Burn us, God, amidst the thunder in the skyUra e Deus nos, inter caelum tonitrus
Our bodies burned, war unleashed!Biolatum corpus, guerra lessatum!
Use the devil's tools, hellish earthUtur diabolum ulbis, gehennalis terrarius
Love! Forget me here, despair!Amor! Oblitus hic me, desperatio!