Olim Lacus Colueram

Once I dwelt in the lakes

Olim Lacus Colueram

Once I dwelt in the lakes,Olim lacus colueram,
once I was beautiful,olim pulcher extiteram,
while I was a swan.dum cignus ego fueram.
Miserable, miserable!Miser, miser!
Now blackmodo niger
and burnt fiercely.et ustus fortiter.

He turns, he turns back the cook;Girat, regirat garcifer;
the pyre burns me fiercely;me rogus urit fortiter;
now the butler offers me.propinat me nunc dapifer.
Miserable, miserable!Miser, miser!
Now blackmodo niger
and burnt fiercely.et ustus fortiter.

Now I lie in a dish,Nunc in scutella iaceo,
and I cannot fly,et volitare nequeo,
I see gnashing teeth:dentes frendentes video:
Miserable, miserable!Miser, miser!
Now blackmodo niger
and burnt fiercely.et ustus fortiter.