MGMT - Little Dark Age Cover in Classical Latin. Bardcore/Medieval style

"How does it feel to be fighting for a dying empire?"
"EUPHORIC..."

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Big thanks to @Constantine Bard for the instrumentals :

A very big thanks to @juannecessarium for all the help with the translation and guidance in the making of this cover :

Lastly a very big shoutout to my buddy and Bandmate @Sketchguitars for the mixing of the track :) Please go check out his channel too :

Here are the lyrics :

In atro spiranti, semisupino accubanti,
Clades diei mihi cicatrices videntur.
Et… Quo magis ego conor, eo minus cedit res,
Sensus putrefiunt, dum vita transit.
Oh oh, Ignosce quod talis es, quod quaedam consequi vis.
Scias id non abire, quamvis te occultes.
Cum e lecto surgis, noli ita stupere
ob singula saxa in scaena, mea parva atra aetas.

Chartas lusorias seligo, praesentiens quod prope est,
Incisiones in facie dicunt id sibi difficile.
Et… Motores deficiunt denuo. Simulatio habet fines.
Animus non ídem est ex abnegatione ortus.
Oh oh, eo nunc semper maereo, musica male sonat.
Scio id non abire, quamvis me occultem.
Si e lecto surgis, et me adstantem
Invenis, apertis oculis, pagellam combure, mea parva atra aetas.

Eo nunc semper maereo, musica male sonat.
Scis id non abire, quamvis te occultes.
Si forte e lecto surgo, stupentem et solum
In proscaenio me invenies, mea parva atra aetas.

Delectatione nauseatus, praevideo quod veniet.
Imago mortuorum, in mente mea manet.
Custodes ad deum iurant, manuballistas amorem dare.
Sed scio amicos et me terga daturos certe.
Si e lecto surgis, inveni nos in via ad pontem.
Saxum et iram fer, mea parva atra aetas.

Eo nunc semper maereo, musica male sonat.
Scio id non abire, quamvis me occultem.
Si e lecto surgis, et me adstantem
Invenis, apertis oculis, pagellam combure, mea parva atra aetas.
parva atra aetas, parva atra aetas
parva atra aetas, parva atra aetas
parva atra aetas, parva atra aetas
…adstantem, apertis oculis, pagellam combure, mea parva atra
aetas.

#mgmt #latin #medieval #bardcore #romanempire

[TheODST]

One more to add to my ever expanding Plaguelist.

[MajorGeneralVeers]

Barbarian: How does it feel to serve a dying Rome?

Legionary:

[juamplo]

"How does it feel legionary, to die for a decaying empire?"

Euphoric

[ObywatelMurawjow]

Western Roman Empire has been really quiet since it dropped

[TheODST]

It is what medieval monks would sing while the Vikings raid them.

[Thegreatercheese]

Your ability to make these ancient languages sound so effortless is so god damn impressive.

[gusfring]

There's an English cover of this masterpiece, it's pretty good!

[piscis]

Last year when I was taking Latin classes for the first time, I kept watching your Smells Like Teen Spirit cover because it gave me so much motivation when I was tired from working. I'll do the same with this one since I'm continuing the classes this year 😁

[lizkxan]

"How does it feel to get Rome sacked once again?"

*Euphoric*

[fahimshahriarsaad]

Goodluck to the historians figuring out what tf we were up to

[biggzdiggz]

So how long till we have a Roman little dark age edit with this in the background?

[novarunner]

perfect for my Age of Empires playlist

[darkestbeforedon]

We're reaching levels of tradlarp that shouldn't even be possible.

[Deckbark]

who would imagine classical latin is more alive than esperanto lmao

[axelfoloeil]

Great rendition. Long live this Little Dark Age meme trend

[enigmaodell]

"The Course of Empire" is my favorite set of paintings

[stevencarr]

Student: How does it feel to teach a dead language?

Professor:

[ln]

If you take the lyrics from the video description and paste them into Google translate (which, surprisingly, has Latin), you'll see that these lyrics seem to be pretty well done, as they are not a simple literal translation of Little Dark Age as the subtitles in this video would have you believe. They're actually reworked to fit into Latin and still maintain the overall meaning. There are some great lines in there:

"Sensus putrefiunt, dum vita transit" is "the feelings start to rot, one wink at a time" according to the subtitles. But it seems that it actually means "the feelings rot as life passes by, " which I think sounds even better.

"Motores deficiunt denuo, simulatio habet fines" is "the engine's failed again, all limits of disguise" based on the subtitles, but a direct translation comes out as "the engine failed again, simulation has its limits" which, again, sounds really nice.

An excellent job was done on not merely translating the lyrics, but re-interpreting them, and I think it's a shame that the video's subtitles are just the original Little Dark Age lyrics because it masks a lot of that work that was done.

[mcalkis]

The Imperator has once again blessed us plebs with a great cover!

[ZaldunUrdina]

Un clasico entre los adolescentes nacidos en el siglo 5 DC