#Ghirahim's there but sulking in his sword form for some reason. Link mentions him and warns Zelda that botw Link should avoid him
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I didn't really have a song in mind for Link to be playing in my ghiralink Orpheus and Eurydice fic—mostly just unnamed song in an unfamiliar language because that was easy lol—but I'm listening to Zelda music and I think it would be fun if it was Laruto's Lament :) it's a simple harp melody, and the lyrics are in Latin, which would call back to the Greco-Roman origin of the myth:
Ad idem, Ad infinitum
In memoriam, cor unum
vi et armis, vale
As is the same eternally
in memory, one heart
with strength and arms (weapons), farewell
The Latin isn't... great. Also I did the translation while listening to the song so I may be
If you look it up online the most popular translation is
Ad Idem (Of the same mind) *idk where they got mind from, and ad mean to/towards not of
Ad Infinitum (Without Limit)
In Memoriam (In memory)
Cor Unum (One heart)
Vi et Armis (By force and arms) *vi et armis is ablative, so it could be with or by, usually determined by context that doesn't exist here. This translation went for a darker interpretation
Vale (Farewell)
We share one mind
Time cannot bind us
Remember
The heart we share
Now the enemy arms destroy me
Farewell
Which isn't exactly what it's saying but works well enough!
#it fits the sequel I haven't written where Link and Ghirahim become permanent inhabitants of the temple#the sequel if from botw Zelda's pov visiting the spring of power and sws Link shows up as a spirit to guide her#because he was also 'late' in becoming the hero and seen as weaker than his previous counterpart(s)#but he succeeded#and he's kind of like. do you really want hylia to answer you? this action will have consequences#Ghirahim's there but sulking in his sword form for some reason. Link mentions him and warns Zelda that botw Link should avoid him#and it would get into what I set up from the previous fic about how Ghirahim can only be drawn by someone who is worthy and would except#the dark power without changing it#mostly it would be a link&zelda thing#I'm just thinking about sws Link who in an Orpheus/Eurydice situation took Ghirahim's curse on himself as well#and is now stuck with him forever but in like an underworld spirit-y kind of way#the spring of power being revered by Hylians as the place where Hylia trapped Demise's sword#because power is usually associated with ganondorf and therefore the hylians see it as bad#and sws Link there to tell all who come after him asking the gods for help to hurry up fate or change it or something#that it doesn't work#also I like the song#ghiralink
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