LJ Idol Season 11: Week 28 - Sawubona

[encrefloue]

link to the song

The Two Men of Pompeii

Salve, amāns mei.

Be well on this day.

I saw you see

the black pumice tree

defile the chariot of Sol.

I felt you feel

the crash of its wheel

upon our hallowed Terra's knoll.

As Pluto erupts in anger,

don't flee, my heart; let's linger.

Prized of Venus,

say, has she seen us

crawl beyond this garden gate

through the ashes

and blaze as it catches

upon our knotted threads of fate?

I saw you see

the final fight in me

to catch both a breath and your eye.

I felt you feel

a lilting wilt surreal.

We clutched both my back and your thigh.

Though the dark ferryman calls us,

stay-no matter what befalls us.

Prized of Venus,

say, has she seen us

slip into this sallow state?

Through the pyre,

we're remade and retire

to become a knotted thread of fate.

My love,

let’s lie in our last hello.

My life,

let’s make our love concrete.

Salve, dea mea.

Dona nobis tempum.

Dona nobis tempum.

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The song is inspired by The Two "Maidens" of Pompeii.

Translations of the Latin phrases:
Salve, amāns mei.
- Hello, my lover.

Salve, dea mea.

Dona nobis tempum.

Dona nobis tempum.
-Hello, my goddess. Give us time. Give us time.