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The Latin reading blog: An early Cristmas post.
I know it is still a bit early for Christmas posts, but a befriended cellist and leader of a baroque ensemble asked me to translate the following text. It has been set on music and she wants to perform it for her Christmas program. I have been unable to trace the author, but my guess is late Mediaeval or Renaissance period.
There is no performance of this song on Youtube, but maybe early next year with me amongst the public!
Huc de caelo, magno zelo
4.Non in aula, sed in caula
Terra plaude, caelum gaude
Venit ad nos Iesulus
Illibata  natalitia: unlike the Buddha, who is born every aeon again, Jesus as far as I know has only been born once, so why the plural? One could argue that it is because of the rhyme with felicia and laetitia, but the plural in Latin is sometimes used to intensify, like soles is used for `great heat’, so: the great immaculate birth.
Virgo mirum, ventre virum amplexata tenuit = Virgo mirum virum tenuit, amplexata ventre
venter ventris (m.): belly
amplexor amplexatus sum: to embrace
teneo tenui: to keep, hold
Viator: the idea is that a human being is just passers-by (viator) on earth, so viator = homo
hic fieri non renuit: does to refuse to become here
Ille piae, flos Mariae Virginale lilium = Ille flos piae Mariae, virginale lilium,
lilium: the lily is the flower of purity
huc: to this place
exilium: again the idea of the world as a transitory place
caula (Late Latin): stable
gemo gemui: to sigh, groan
tremo tremui: tremble, shiver
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Earenduil25 December 2014 at 07:51
I think I was at the same Christmas programme you mention (two days back, in Vries). This song has been stuck in my head. The tenor sung it beautifully.
Can barely find anything about this song online, although the melody is mentioned here (with a different text set to it): http://www.literatuurgeschiedenis.nl/lg/goudeneeuw/auteurs/lgge037.html
Leo Tepper25 December 2014 at 09:37
I had no booklet and it wasn't always clear what Latin texts they were singing, but I believe you immediately!
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