domingo, 25 de diciembre de 2011

MARTINI NATIVITATIS SALUTATIO

MARTINVS RADVLFO SAL
Hoc die sacro, pie amice, gaude,
cum Dei sit filius ante lucem
natus in feno stabuli, redemptor
rexque futurus.

Det tibi pacem Dominus Deusque,
qui creaturae miserens creator
carnis humanae tegumen misellum
induit ipse.
VALE

(Scripsit Martinus Zythophilus in die Nativitatis Dni. 2012)

sábado, 24 de diciembre de 2011

SEALED WITH A KISS - BASIUM SIGNATUM

SEALED WITH A KISS – BASIUM SIGNATUM

Though we’ve got to say good-bye
for the summer,
darling, I promise you this:
I'll send you all my love
Everyday in a letter
Sealed with a kiss.

Yes it’s gonna be cold,
lonely summer,
but I’ll fill the emptiness:
I’ll send you all my dreams
everyday in a letter
sealed with a kiss.

I’ll see you in the sunlight,
I’ll hear your voice everywhere,
I’ll run to tenderly hold you
but, Darlin’, you won't be there.

I don't wanna say good-bye
for the summer,
knowing the love we'll miss.
Oh, let us make a pledge
to meet in September
and seal it with a kiss.

‘Valeas’ tu mihi dicebas
illa aestate.
Cara autem puella, ad te
litteras remittam
amatorias quotidie
perustas basio.

Nunc ad mare frigus est
hac aestate
sed cremor memoria tui:
imago tua in somniis
indesinens revenit
signata basiis.

Contemplor os in nebulis,
vox in umbris auditur,
ad spectrum digitos iacio
sed vultus evanuit.

Manet semper tuum ‘valeas’
sub aestate.
Oro, formosissima,
recipe litteras
frigido in Augusto
et signa basiis.


[Peter Udell et Gary Geld scripserunt; cecinerunt Bryan Hiland et Bobby Vinton.]

jueves, 11 de agosto de 2011

THE LONGEST DAY

THE LONGEST DAY – DACIAM CEPIMUS

The longest day taenia fuit olim clarissima. Eius cantionem praecipuam pepegit cecinitque Paul Anka. Versionem ego feci Latinam; res non in Northmannorum terra sed in prisca Dacia, Traiano Optimo Principe imperante, agitur. Amicis meis John Lee et Mark Walker hoc munusculum do. Forsan laetaberis.

Many men came here as soldiers,
Many men will pass this way,
Many men will count the hours,
As they live the longest day.
Many men are tired and weary,
Many men are here to stay,
Many men won't see the sunset,
When it ends the longest day.
The longest day, the longest day,
This will be the longest day,
Filled with hopes and filled with fears,
Filled with blood and sweat and tears.
Many men, the mighty thousands,
Many men to victory,
Marching on right into battle
In the longest day in history.


Romani et Princeps noster,
Romani Histrum tranant,
Romani aquilas ferent:
aurum quaerunt Dacicum.
Romani castrametati,
Romani tendas plicant,
Romani iter facientes
sermonem Latii serunt.
Lucida Roma et aeterna,
omnibus leges praebes:
vestigia semper manebunt,
theatra et balnea magna.
Romani: lorica, scutum;
Romani: gladius, pala.
Magis et magis pugnemus,
reluctante etiam Decebalo.

domingo, 26 de junio de 2011

COLLEGIUM SANCTI THOMAE AQUINATIS

Salve, dulcissima palaestra,
quae sapientiam humaniter
colis. Turris quodammodo
es sed non Babelica turris,
quia discipulorum vulgus
novit linguas orbi universo
imperaturas. Scientias tu
pertractas regio sub pallio
omnipotenti Deo dicatae
notitiae. Sed, Graecorum
vestigia firmans, musicam
exerces et gymnasticam.
Omnia autem ista, nihil,
si non faveret tuis pueris
dulcedo quaedam, Afflatu
Superno inspirata. Duc nos,
Sancte Thoma, in amorem
Veritatis... Et hoc sufficiat!

sábado, 7 de mayo de 2011

LYAEI SALUTATIO

Lyaeus sodalibus Unionis Latinae qui pulcherrimam urbem habitant Bonaerensem s. d. p.

Versus raptim scripti ad Radulfum suum et collegas eius.

Te dies felix quia iam revenit
Tullii linguae lepidum salutat
callidosque aeque socios Lyaeus
vester amicus.

Some hasty lines to R. L. and his colleagues.

That special day’s come back
of Cicero’s language, a happy day -
so it's time for Lyaeus to pay his respects,
to your wit, my friend, and not a whit less
to the craft of your colleagues.

Valete.

Scrib. Novi Castri in Australia a. d. vi Non. Mai. anno salutis mmxi.

ALIA SALUTATIO

Lyaeus Radulfo sal.

Iam dies felix revenit Latinae
optimae linguae tibi, mi Radulfe;
te gravesque ergo socios Lyaeus
laudat amicus.

domingo, 24 de abril de 2011

SALUTATIO PASCHALIS

Ecce carmen quod ad nos misit Martinus Zythophilus

MARTINVS SODALIBVS

Mors tenebraeque diu te non potuere tenere,
quem flagris dederant, Christe, crucique mali,
Tartareoque redis e carcere uictor, ut omnes
morte tua et reditu uita nouata iuuet.
Omnis terrarum te laudet, te canat orbis,
atque hic det Domino carmina laeta dies!

Death and darkness couldn’t hold you for long, Christ,
whom bad men had given to the flagella and the cross,
and you return victoriously from Hades’ dungeon, so that
life renewed by your death and return makes all rejoice.
All the world shall praise you, shall sing you,
and this day shall give joyful songs to the Lord.