But I've Lost
Veni, Vidi, Vici
I came, strong and fierce,
sweeping in faster than the swift Venti,
aye, and stronger than mighty Hercules.
I saw, with mine own eyes, the sorry state you were in
noticed the cowardliness behind a mask of wealth,
watched as you trembled at my might.
I conquered, yea, with mine own hands and the hands of my men
doled defeat to other lands
won, as I have, and as I will, won over the people.
Perdidi
I lost, in the end I still lost, lost to you miserable people,
Fell at the hands of the worst conspiracy
Died at the hands of my beloved brothers.
And so I lost, to betrayal, after the greatest triumph.
And so the Romans will fall, after the creation of the greates empire.
And so all things must, eventually, end, for a new age to dawn.
Veni, Vidi, Vici
I came, I saw, I conquered.
Sed ego perdidi.
But I've lost.