Carl Orff - Carmina Burana - 12. Olim Iacus Colueram video free download

12. OLIM LACUS COLUERAM

Cignus ustus cantat:

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! etc.

Nunc in scutella iaceo,

et volitare nequeo,

dentes frendentes video:

Miser, miser! etc.

12. ONCE I LIVED ON LAKES

The roasted swan sings:

Once I lived on lakes,

once I looked beautiful

when I was a swan.

Misery me!

Now black

and roasting fiercely!

The servant is turning me on the spit;

I am burning fiercely on the pyre;

the steward now serves me up.

Misery me! etc.

Now I lie on a plate,

and cannot fly anymore,

I see bared teeth:

Misery me! etc.