Welcome to the Opera House--featuring lyrics from the
sweet melodies of the Final Fantasy series
FFVII: Advent Children


[Yakusoku no Daichi] Yakusoku no Daichi (The Promised Land)

Cur in gremio haeremus?Why do we cling together?
Cur poenam cordi parvo damus?Why give punishment to lesser hearts?
Stella nobis non concessit, non concessit (x2)The stars did not forgive us, did not forgive us (x2)
 
Venarum pulsus in terram fluens, in terram fluensThe throbbing pulse flows through the earth, flows through the earth
 
Parvus pulsusA tiny pulse
Cor mortem ducensA heart drawn to death
Vita mollis in stellam redeuntA gentle life returns to the stars
Animam sacrificare necesse est?Must souls be sacrificed?
Cur in gremio, in gremio haeremus?Why do we cling, cling together?
Cur veniam petimusWhy do we beg for forgiveness
In terra fatali?In the promised land?


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[Tenrai] Tenrai (Divinity)

HabitavitHe stayed
DormivitHe slept
Caelo missus rexThe king sent from heaven
Poena terrae motusPunishment shook the earth
Error humanusTo err is human
Cujus fructus forisHis fruit, out-of-doors
Cujus verbum clavisHis word, a key
Calamitas excitata ab imoAn awakened calamity within
Cum haustus est fremituWith a drink, he is angry
Cum levatus est carmineWhen risen, he is crimson
Fatum invitans ruina sive paradisusFate invites us to ruin or to paradise
 
PrecesPrayers
ClamorqueCries
Pauci resistentesSo little resistance
Sola Dea fatum novitOnly the Goddess knows their fate


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[Sairin: Hen'yoku no Tenshi] Sairin: Hen'yoku no Tenshi (Advent: One-Winged Angel)

Noli manere, manere in memoria (x2) Do not remain, remain a memory
Sephiroth! Sephiroth!
 
Saevam iram, iram et dolorem (x2) He has a cruel anger, anger and pain
Sephiroth! Sephiroth!
 
Ferum terribile, terribile fatum A fierce, terrible man has a terrible fate
 
(repeat)
 
Veni, mi fili (x2)Come, my son (x2)
Hic veni, da mihi mortem iterum Come here--give me death again
Veni, mi fili (x2)Come, my son (x2)
Hic veni, da mihiCome here--give it to me
 
Noli manere in memoria Do not remain a memory
Saevam iram et dolorem Cruel anger and pain
Ferum terribile fatum Wild, terrible fate
Ille iterum venietHe will come again
 
Mi fili, veni--veni, veni, mi fili (x4)My son, come--come, come, my son (x4)
 
Mi fili, veni--veni, veni, mi filiMy son, come--come, come, my son (x4)
(Qui mortem invitavis) (He who invited death)
Mi fili, veni--veni, veni, mi filiMy son, come--come, come, my son (x4)
(Poena funesta natus) (Was born for a deadly punishment)
Mi fili, veni--veni, veni, mi filiMy son, come--come, come, my son (x4)
(Noli nomen vocare) (Do not call his name)
Mi fili, veni--veni, veni, mi filiMy son, come--come, come, my son (x4)
(Ille iterum veniet)(He will come again)
Sephiroth! Sephiroth!
Sephiroth!


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