One person's tedious work may be another's fun hobby, so I figure it doesn't hurt to ask...
Would anyone be willing to help me come up with a singable English translation of the hymn to St. Stanislaus: "Gaude Mater Polonia"? I tried looking online, and couldn't find any (maybe I just don't know where to look). His feast is this Thursday, but we're celebrating the external solemnity this Sunday (since St. Stanislaus is our primary patron). I was thinking of setting it to some joyful sounding tune that our folks already know, keeping it easy for everyone to sing with no practice. I don't particularly care the meter of the translation; I was plating around with a few, but really struggling to get both rhymes and word stresses right. I started off with a table of the Latin, translation from Wikipedia, and google translated, just to get a basic idea of what I'm working with (I've attached the table).
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