New Latin Translation
  • francis
    Posts: 10,806
    Reno erat Rudolphus
    Nasum rubrum habebat;
    Si quando hunc videbas,
    Hunc candere tu dicas.

    Omnes renores alii
    Semper hunc deridebant;
    Cum misero Rudolpho
    In ludis non ludebant.

    Santus Nicholas dixit
    Nocte nebulae,
    "Rudolphe, naso claro
    Nonne carrum tu duces?"

    Tum renores clamabant,
    "Rudolphe, delectus es!
    Cum naso rubro claro
    Historia descendes!"
  • janetgorbitzjanetgorbitz
    Posts: 968
    I love it... it works quite well with the melody :)
  • Daniel Bennett PageDaniel Bennett Page
    Posts: 834
    At a college convocation my undergraduate chamber choir once sang the American traditional song 'Duc me ad ludum pilae'.
  • ThurlowThurlow
    Posts: 20
    This is marvellous!! I just tried singing it to a 77.77. meter tune I wrote, and it sounds completely dignified, (almost) usable as a hymn. If one didn't know Latin, one wouldn't be able to tell! Any more conveniently metered Latin translations available in this genre, Francis?
  • Dan F.Dan F.
    Posts: 205
    francis, is that your own translation? Fantastic!
  • francis
    Posts: 10,806
    I must confess, my wife turned me on to this one.

    http://gaudium-mundo.blogspot.com/

    You gotta sing "Deck the Halls"

    Its a scream.
  • JamJam
    Posts: 636
    ...I read it over once, didn't get it.

    Read it over twice... oh my gosh! How much time did you spend on this?! Or, I mean, whoever wrote it. (hehe, my Latin keeps getting better as time passes)
  • miacoyne
    Posts: 1,805
    Gee, I thought its was a long chant that I didn't know how to sing. I'll share this with my schola and see whether they can figure it out.
  • rogue63
    Posts: 410
    Delightful---I'm still laughing.
  • miacoyne
    Posts: 1,805
    Guess what! The Rudolphe brought us a present to our schola. I thought this translation was funny, so I shared with my schola members, sent emails. One of old schola member who is also a retired Latin teacher (He was also a music director over 30 years) offered us Latin class. The teacher suggested that we can read Gospels in Latin and help us with grammar. We are very excited. I'm filling out the facility request form.
    Thank you for the good old (new) latin Rudolphe!
  • JonathanLCJonathanLC
    Posts: 75
    Thought this thread would enjoy the fruits of its labour - Reno erat Rudolphus - http://bit.ly/2BEfg1i
  • francis
    Posts: 10,806
    A very Merry Christmas to you all and a Happy New Year, brothers and sisters in Christ. Blessed be the hearts of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
    Thanked by 3WGS Antonio StimsonInRehab
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
    Posts: 5,189
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwkH1SAwphY
    Thanked by 1JonathanLC
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