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LYRICS WITH EXPLANATION

PEPA

Nōn loquendum’st dē Brūnō, nōn nōn nōn

Nōn loquendum’st dē Brūnō, SED

Diē nūptiālī

FELIX nostrā nūptiālī

P. bellā subdiālī lūcet sōl inoperto caelō.*

*Translation of Pepa's line:

On my wedding day, a beautiful day outside, the sun shines {historical present} from an uncovered sky.

F. Nūbēs vetat caelō!**

**[Pepa] disallows clouds in the sky!

P. Subdolus Brūnus īnfert suōs lūsūs —

F. Tonitrūs!

P. Ast uter?! nārrābis? anne egō?

F. Ignōsce mihī, ocelle!

P. “Pluet” inquit “hodiē”

F. Cavĕ procellās!

P. Implet inde mē psȳchē´

F. Avia, age cape umbellās!

P. nūptiīs dīluviē [archaic genetive]***

F. Sīc veniant ad mē diēs saepe! [Ov. Amores 1.5]****

*** "Pluet" inquit "hodiē," inde psȳchē [mea] mē implet nūptiīs dīluviēī.

**** Ovid, Amores 1.5 "Prōveniant mediī sīc mihi saepe diēs."

PEPA & FELIX

Nōn loquendum’st dē Brūnō, nōn nōn nōn

Nōn loquendum’st dē Brūnō!

DOLORES

Heus, pavidae locūtulus murmurat claudus

omnisoniaudienti mussitat balbus

praedicātor afferēns sonitūs sabulī. ts ts ts.

Tetrica vāticinātur ēnōrmis

ars mutilīs prophētīzat fōrmīs

carminis turbidulentīque orculī. [Cat.3]

Animum mihī! †

†Heus, [Brūnus] praedicātor claudus [et] balbus locūtus [mihi] pavidae [et] omnisoniaudienti {a term I coined} murmurat et mussitat afferēns sonitūs sabulī. Ars orculī turbidulentī {a term a coined} tetrica [et] ēnōrmis vāticinātur [et] prohētīzat fōrmīs mutilīs carminis. Animum mihi [intende]!

Hey, Brunus the soothsayer, lame and babbling, having spoken would murmur and mumble to me who hears all, bearing the sounds of sand. The dark and impressive art of the confused little orc {referring to Catullus 3} would tell the future and prophesy by means of the disjointed images of his spell. Pay attention to me!

CAMILO

Ab īnfōrmī horrendō et ingentī īnfausta [Verg. Aeneid, 3.658, 4.181]

agere appellāta subque umbrās hausta [Verg. Aeneid, 4.660]

tuīs somnīs altō ējulātīs.††

†† Appellāta ab īnfōrmī [et] horrendō et ingentī [Brūnō] ageris sub umbrās, [ā Brūnō] altō tuīs somniīs ējulātīs.

Named by Bruno the hideous and horrible and giantic you are driven below the shadows, by him who is fed by your screamed out dreams.

Verg. Aeneid, 3.658 "monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum."

Verg. Aeneid, 4.181 "monstrum horrendum, ingens, cui quot sunt corpore plumae"

Verg. Aeneid, 4.660 "sed moriamur' ait. 'sic, sic juvat ire sub umbras."

PEPA FELIX CAMILO DOLORES

Nōn loquendum’st dē Brūnō, nōn nōn nōn

Nē loquāmur dē Brūnō!

PAGANI

Dīxit tenebrās squāmōsōs obitūrōs! [Cat.3]

Dīxit adipēs mihī percrētūrōs!

Dīxit mihī meōs capillōs omnīs efflūctūrōs!†††

††† He said that my scaly ones (my fish) would go upon the shadows (refering to Catullus 3 "malae tenebrae Orcī".

He said my fat would grow a lot!

He said my hair would flow from me! (This is an idiom for going bald: "capillī hominī effluere")

PEPA FELIX CAMILO DOLORES

Lūgēte ūnīversōs vātem audītūrōs! [Cat.3]

ISABELA

Vītam fore meam mellītam [enjambent] (catullus 109, pompeii inscription)

apiumque ita flōriferam

ait vim simul et anthemia

nitidamque racēmiferām.††††

(ABUELA Heja, Marjānus advenit)

††††The first two lines are based on an inscription found in Pompeiī "Amantēs ut apēs vītam mellītam exigunt." I took the term "anthemia" ἀνθέμια "blooms, flowers" directly from Ancient Greek.

DOLORES

Ait mē virum amātūram aliī

fidĕ spōnsum initō foedere tantae. [Cat.87] ‡

Quae mī manet vīta?

Cui vidēbor enim bella?

Cujus esse dīcar? [Cat.8] ‡‡

‡ Ait mē amātūram virum spōnsum aliī [fēminae] foedere initō tantae fidēī {archaic genitive: fidē}. This is inspired by Catullus 87 "nulla fides ullo fuit umquam foedere tanta."

He said I would love a man promised to another woman with a union of great faith.

N.B. On screen, I transcribed this line with a typo, where it reads "Ait mē virum amātūrum [sic]" instead of "amātūram." It still makes sense: "He said a man would love me who was promised to another..."

‡‡ These three lines are rephrased from Catullus 8:

"quae tibi manet vīta?"

"cui vidīberis bella?"

"cujus esse dīcēris?

ISABELA

Soror, mihī taceās cupiō!

MIRABEL

Dē Brūnō...

Dē nōmine Brūnō

Quid - concupiō! - hominī Brūnō

accidere - loquiminī! - Brūnō?!

CAMILO

Isabēla, amāns praeest

PEPA & JULIETA

Accumbāmus! ‡‡‡

‡‡‡ Accumbō accumbere "a recline/sit at table" ; accubō accubāre "I am reclining/sitting at table"

FINALE

JULIETA & ABUELA &C.

Adest!

OMNES

Dē nefando, dē Brūnō!

MIRABEL

Cūr sum locūta dē Brūnō?

Tacuerim satius Brūnō! [Verg. Eclogue 2.14] ‡‡‡‡

‡‡‡‡ This usage of "satius" = "better" is found in Verg. Eclogue 2.14 "nōnne fuit satius trīstīs Amaryllidos īrās?"