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On a dark desert highway
– In deserto viae obscurae
Cool wind in my hair
– Ferire el cabello ferirelo
Warm smell of colitas
– Calidum odor colitas
Rising up through the air
– Surgens per aerem
Up ahead in the distance
– Sed est distantia
I saw a shimmering light
– Vidi lucem coruscum
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
– Grave caput meum et aspectus meus crevit
I had to stop for the night
– Sed tu erras de nocte
There she stood in the doorway
– In via portat. ‘ [748] fatuae sunt
I heard the mission bell
– Sobre nosotros misión
And I was thinkin’ to myself
– Et cogitabam ‘ mihi
“This could be Heaven or this could be Hell”
– “Hoc Potest Esse Caelum vel hoc Esse Infernum”
Then she lit up a candle
– Tunc accendit lucernam
And she showed me the way
– Et ostendit mihi viam
There were voices down the corridor
– In andron voces erant
I thought I heard them say
– Ego audivi eos dicere
“Welcome to the Hotel California
– Accueil ” Le Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
– Tanta [orig: tantâ] potentia [orig: potentiâ], quae magnam ostenderet impotentiam
Such a lovely face
– Haec fata belli
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
– Servizi all ‘interno dell’ hotel California
Any time of year (Any time of year)
– Le Temps qui reste (Des choses)
You can find it here”
– L ‘ ho trovata qui”
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted
– Mens Eius Tiffany contorta est
She got the Mercedes Benz, uh
– Sensum. et Mercedem.
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
– Et surrexit multum pulchellus, satis pueri
That she calls friends
– Et appellavi amicam
How they dance in the courtyard
– Cum saltat inter binos choros
Sweet summer sweat
– Dulcis aestate sudore
Some dance to remember
– Alie quidem dei sunt immortales
Some dance to forget
– Alicuius saltare oblivisci
So I called up the Captain
– Idem in Concilio generali
“Please bring me my wine”
– Afferte, quaeso, de vino meo.”
He said, “We haven’t had that spirit here
– Qui dixit: “non habebimus spiritum istum hic”.
Since 1969″
– Ab anno 1969″
And still those voices are callin’
– Et tamen voces illae sunt callin’
From far away
– A un amico lontano
Wake you up in the middle of the night
– Solo, qual ‘ io scopai hier sera, nella questa casa
Just to hear them say
– Iustus audire illos dicere
“Welcome to the Hotel California
– Accueil ” Le Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
– Tanta [orig: tantâ] potentia [orig: potentiâ], quae magnam ostenderet impotentiam
Such a lovely face
– Haec fata belli
They livin’ it up at the Hotel California
– Vivus est ‘ Découvrez nos champagnes
What a nice surprise (What a nice surprise)
– Quid mirum delicatus (Quod mirum)
Bring your alibis”
– Quia non tam disputationibus invenitur alibi”
Mirrors on the ceiling
– Des fruits magiques descendent du plafond
The pink champagne on ice, and she said
– Campaniae roseae in glacie, et dixit
“We are all just prisoners here
– “Omnes iusti captivi hic sumus
Of our own device”
– Sobre o nosso estúdio”
And in the master’s chambers
– In ogni camera del maestro
They gathered for the feast
– Et congregate sunt gentes que sunt in galaad adversus {t.
They stab it with their steely knives
– Confodunt illud ferro cultris
But they just can’t kill the beast
– Sed non possunt occidere bestiam
Last thing I remember, I was
– In ultima reminiscor, eram
Running for the door
– Transite transite per portas
I had to find the passage back
– Ti ho risposto nell ‘ altro post
To the place I was before
– Ego eram in conspectu locus
“Relax,” said the night man
– “Relaxa, ” dixit noctem hominis
“We are programmed to receive
– “Nos autem accipere programmed
You can check out any time you like
– Vos can reprehendo sicco ullus vicis vos amo
But you can never leave”
– Sed numquam relinquere potes”
[Guitar Solo]
– [Cithara Solo]
