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Noctem Aeternus(By Night Eternal)
Noctem Aeternus(By Night Eternal)
Doomed to exist only by night eternal,
cast perpetually into this castigating inferno,
guilty of much and condemned for it all,
just punishment, my ultimate downfall.
“Requiem æternam dona eis,
Domine; et lux perpetua luceat eis”
Banished from blessed sunlight
for my unspeakable endeavors,
I drag the chains I forged during my life,
at every footfall from now until forever.
I took life and wickedly relished it,
delighting in the spillage of life’s essence,
a plague of night creatures from the pit
I did invoke, their phosphorescence
filled the twilight with its putrid smoke.
“Pro superi!, quantum mortalia
pectora cæcæ noctis habent!”
Ahh… such an orgy of foul and vile acts,
every manner of depravity was at hand;
sealing this loathsomely heinous pact,
a violation against nature’s command.
“Sed omnes illacrymabiles urgentur,
ignotique longa nocte, carent quia vate sacro”
For these and far greater crimes still
I pay the penance of “Noctem Aeternus”
enveloped by its inky ever-present spill,
forewarned you are, or find yourself thus,
joining me in perpetual angst…
Come…foolish mortal, if you must…
Gypsy Red
Doomed to exist only by night eternal,
cast perpetually into this castigating inferno,
guilty of much and condemned for it all,
just punishment, my ultimate downfall.
“Requiem æternam dona eis,
Domine; et lux perpetua luceat eis”
Banished from blessed sunlight
for my unspeakable endeavors,
I drag the chains I forged during my life,
at every footfall from now until forever.
I took life and wickedly relished it,
delighting in the spillage of life’s essence,
a plague of night creatures from the pit
I did invoke, their phosphorescence
filled the twilight with its putrid smoke.
“Pro superi!, quantum mortalia
pectora cæcæ noctis habent!”
Ahh… such an orgy of foul and vile acts,
every manner of depravity was at hand;
sealing this loathsomely heinous pact,
a violation against nature’s command.
“Sed omnes illacrymabiles urgentur,
ignotique longa nocte, carent quia vate sacro”
For these and far greater crimes still
I pay the penance of “Noctem Aeternus”
enveloped by its inky ever-present spill,
forewarned you are, or find yourself thus,
joining me in perpetual angst…
Come…foolish mortal, if you must…
Gypsy Red
Published 12th Oct 2012
| Edited 19th Jun 2013
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12th Oct 2012 7:28pm
*Note:excerpts from Horace, Ovid, Virgil and The Catholic mass for the dead; translated to latin.
18th Oct 2012 4:35pm
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4th Nov 2012 11:25pm
As foolish mortal must, as might the climbing bloom upon the trellis raise its head.
Socially constructed or out of harmony, no other place for eyes to see, it must, it must. What a great and involving piece this is.
Socially constructed or out of harmony, no other place for eyes to see, it must, it must. What a great and involving piece this is.
5th Nov 2012 12:35pm
Thank you very much, I have a soft spot for this piece and so I am happy you enjoyed it.
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