Christmas carols in Latin

[Johannes Patruus]

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[Johannes Patruus]

B. T. Raven wrote:
> Johannes Patruus wrote:
>> http://gaudium-mundo.blogspot.com/
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>> Patruus
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> Another version of
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> Aviam nostram tarandrus conculcāvit,
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> Aviam nostram tarandrus conculcāvit,
> Domum euntem vigiliīs ante Nātīvitātem
> Licet dīcās tālem quālis Nicolāus nōn exstāre
> Ego et avus meus crēdimus eum exstāre quidem
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> Nimium enim tēmētum ōvicātum sibi sumpserat,
> Eam obsecrāvimus nē proficīscerētur at,
> Eius medicinā domī relictā valdē indigēbat;
> Proin per forēs intrā nivēs forās titubat
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> Eā postrīdiē repertā, Nātālī mātūtīnō
> In locō concursātiōnī datō
> Ēn! in fronte notae ungulārum
> Tergō unguibus Nicolāī lacerātō.
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> Aviam nostram tarandrus conculcāvit,
> Domum euntem vigiliīs ante Nātīvitātem
> Licet dīcās tālem quālis Nicolāus nōn exstāre
> Ego et avus meus crēdimus eum exstāre quidem
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> Vērum omnēs dē avō nostrō tantum glōriāmur,
> Nam in bonam partem haec omnia sustinet
> Vidē sīs illīc ut laetus follilūdium intuētur,
> Cerevīsiam bibit, chartulās Helenulae dispertiet.
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> Aviā nostrā absente, Nātālī genuīnō nōn gaudēmus,
> Tōtī familiārēs vestibus pullīs sunt indūtī,
> Nec possumus quīn nōsmetipsōs rogēmus,
> Utrum oporteat mūnera eius ēvolvī an remittī?
> AN REMITTĪ?
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> Aviam nostram tarandrus conculcāvit,
> Domum euntem vigiliīs ante Nātīvitātem
> Licet dīcās tālem quālis Nicolāus nōn exstāre
> Ego et avus meus crēdimus eum exstāre quidem
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> Nunc ānser pinguis in mēnsā jacet
> Et pulpa ē fīcīs nōbīs optātissimīs
> Ūnā cum candēlīs caeruleā et argenteā
> Aviae concolōrī capillāmentō simillimīs
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> Amīcōs omnēs et vīcīnōs sēdulō admonuī:
> Oportet vōs ut vōbīsmet caveātur nē
> Ūlla licentia trahā vehendō darī dēbeat
> Hominī quī cum nūminibus pūmilīs lūdit, hei!
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> Cantātō, ave mī!
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> Aviam nostram tarandrus conculcāvit,
> Domum euntem vigiliīs ante Nātīvitātem
> Licet dīcās tālem quālis Nicolāus nōn exstāre
> Ego et avus meus crēdimus eum exstāre quidem
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> I think that in Gibbs' version both "avius" and "errant" errant but
> maybe they are needed for metric reasons. I never heard (or indeed heard
> of) the song before a few days ago.
>
> Eduardus

Catchy though - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPaGQEskSKM

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