Album version 2:24 English 2000



Tempus Vernum in A Day without Rain EPK

Liner notes

Our lives are entwined with each other and with everything in nature. Yet, although we are part of the cycle of life, we should remember that the earth can begin again – without us. Therefore…
notes by Roma Ryan
Only Time: The Collection, 2002

Quotes about the song

Enya sings “Tempus Vernum” in Latin, having decided that the piece had a very classic feel for which Gaelic was too soft — and that English, too, would be unsuited.
Stage Beckons Enya, The Press, 2001
enyabookofdays.com

"Tempus Vernum has to do with the seasons, not just spring," Enya said of the song, which features a martial rhythm and an intensely chanted Latin vocal. "The seasons will happen with or without us, and so it needed very powerful music."
Enya: Time and Time Again, MTV, 2001

Latin lyrics

Ergo
oceanus, maritimus,
ergo
opacare, matutinus,
ergo
septentrio, meridies,
ergo
occidens et orientis,
ergo
oceanus, maritimus,
opacare, matutinus,
septentrio, meridies
occidens et orientis,
ergo
terra, stella,
hiems et aestas,
ergo
autumnus et
tempus vernum,
ergo
radius solis
et umbra,
ignis, aqua,
caelum, luna,
terra, stella,
hiems et aestas,
autumnus et
tempus vernum..

tempus vernum..

Translation

Spring

Therefore; ocean, tide, shade, morning…

Therefore; north, south, east, west
and sunbeam and shadow,
fire, water, sky, moon, earth, star,
winter and summer, autumn and spring

lyrics by Roma Ryan
EMI Music Publishing Ltd, 2000