I. Liberi Fatali
A. Lyrics
Excitate vos e somno; liberi mei
Cunae non sunt.
Excitate vos e somno; liberi fatali
Somnus non eat.
Surgite.
Invenite hortum veritatis.
Ardente veritate
Urite mala mundi.
Ardente veritate
Incendite tenebras mundi.
Valete, liberi,
Deibus fatalibus.
Awaken yourselves from sleep; my children
This is not the cradle.
Awaken yourselves from sleep; fatal children
Sleep does not advance.
Rise up.
Seek in the Garden for truth.
Truly fiery
Burn the evil of the earth.
Truly fiery
Kindle the shadows of the earth.
Be strong, children,
On the fated day.
B. Analysis
1. Who is the speaker? Edea.
2. To whom is she speaking? SeeD
3. Who, specifically, are the "liberi fatali"? Squall, Quistis, Selphie, Irvine, Zell, and Rinoa.
4. Why does Edea order them to awaken? What is the significance? By "awakening" she means for them to discard innocence and childhood to take up the struggle and strife of adulthood. She is telling them to follow their heads; not their hearts. Also, she says that by "sleeping"(remaining children)they can never grow and become fuller, better people.
5. What is meant by "Surgite/Invenite hortum veritatis"? Edea tells the now "awakened" children to find the answers and training provided by Garden.
6. Why does she describe them as "Ardente veritate"? Because, with their knowledge, they are brightened by Truth.
7. Why does she say "Urite mala mundi" "Incendite tenebras mundi"? She is telling the "liberi fatali" to lighten the darkness(evil)of the earth--embodied by evil sorceresses.
8. Explain the prophetic tone of:
"Valete, liberi,
Deibus fatalibus"?
Edea knows that they day will come when SeeD and the "liberi fatali" may confront her. She is telling them to be strong--to do what is right no matter what--on the day they must face her.