He Is Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Onlyonepapa 

Cover art for He Is lyrics by Ghost

Has someone been able to translate the line 'Nostro Dis Pater Nostr' alma mater'? I've also found lyrics in which the line is 'Nostro Dis Pater Nostra Domate'. In both cases google translate is unable to translate the last part from Latin..

@Onlyonepapa "I believe the title “Dis Pater” or “Father of Riches” originally belonged to a deity of “riches that came from below” (either referring to precious minerals or to agriculture), and when it was adapted by later contributors to the Roman Pantheon “riches” were interpreted as material temptations and “below” as the underworld. This potentially gives further significance to the title as it may refer to someone who was misconstrued as malevolent."

Nostr' alma mater

Latin: Translates to “Our tamer/breaker/dominator/conqueror”

Note the use of Nostra indicates a feminine perspective.

However, the lyrics may actually be...

@Onlyonepapa "Dis Pater" is a roman god of the Underworld. Kinda the roman equivalent of Hades. As far as i know CBR600RRon were completely correct about the "Alma Mater" line. So it translates to "Our lord of the Underworld/Satan, our Master/Conqerour" or "Our lord of the Underworld/Satan, our Mother" However "Dis Pater" can also mean "our dark father". So the line could also mean "Our dark father, our nourishing mother"

So the line means something along the lines of "Our evil ruler...

@Onlyonepapa I'm pretty sure Nostro means "us"...or the nous. Dis is similar to the french des meaning our, or the universal....Pater is obvious. Nostro Alma Mater is more individually personal like 'my old womb'....but would be everyone's womb, or where they originated from.