“Golden one, at whom were you so angry?”: Elden Ring player translates what Chanting Winged Dames are singing

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More than two months after its launch, Elden Ring players are finding more secrets in the Lands Between by the day. FromSoftware’s vast world design has lots to offer in terms of exploration, and recently, users were able to find out the true meaning of the songs behind the harpies.

Elden Ring has a lot of bat-like enemies, one of which resembles harpies very closely. Gamers will usually find them surrounded by bats singing a beautiful song in Latin.

These enemies are called the Chanting Winged Dame in the RPG and are usually annoying to deal with as they take to the air when aggroed and choose to stay there, harassing the Tarnished with long-ranged attacks.

Recently a Redditor who goes by the handle of, TheFlightlessPenguin, took it amongst themselves to translate the song from Latin into English. The translated words of their song do indeed read very beautifully and add more depth to the lore and narrative of the Lands Between.

The following are the words of the song in Latin:

When translated, the Redditor points out that it carries the following meaning:

The words “destinatae matribus” seem to have a double meaning here, as the Dames were perhaps once destined to be brides and for motherhood, which can explain the bridal ornaments on their heads. However, they “wailed and wept” because even if they were destined, they were abandoned by Grace and became Tarnished themselves.

Their words describe that they were banished from the Lands Between by Queen Marika, and now they lament and ask the “Golden One,” the Lord of Grace, why he is so angry with them. The song is rather harrowing when its true meaning is grasped.

While the Latin version is beautiful, there is much depth and meaning in their words when their true lament is