Olim Lacus Colueram
Olim lacus colueram,
olim pulcher extiteram,
dum cignus ego fueram.
Miser, miser!
modo niger
et ustus fortiter.
Girat, regirat garcifer;
me rogus urit fortiter;
propinat me nunc dapifer.
Miser, miser!
modo niger
et ustus fortiter.
Nunc in scutella iaceo,
et volitare nequeo,
dentes frendentes video:
Miser, miser!
modo niger
et ustus fortiter.
Once I dwelt in the lakes
Once I dwelt in the lakes,
once I was beautiful,
while I was a swan.
Miserable, miserable!
Now black
and burnt fiercely.
He turns, he turns back the cook;
the pyre burns me fiercely;
now the butler offers me.
Miserable, miserable!
Now black
and burnt fiercely.
Now I lie in a dish,
and I cannot fly,
I see gnashing teeth:
Miserable, miserable!
Now black
and burnt fiercely.