Van Darnus's Song's Latin Lyrics

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Originally Posted by REDace0

And this is why Latin is awesome.

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It's also why tense is sooo effing important in Latin.

Also, the sentences in Latin can get very, very long without being called a run-on.

- do not miss the two years of Latin I, I took. >.>

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Originally Posted by Hyrist

It's also why tense is sooo effing important in Latin.

Also, the sentences in Latin can get very, very long without being called a run-on.

- do not miss the two years of Latin I, I took. >.>

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If only i could of taken two years for Latin I, I was forced to take it in 1 year ><. I remember in Latin III, where Cicero wrote a sentence that was a page and a half long.

Imperium Eunt Domus

Relevant.

lol Camate went on a fluffly little rant. ^o^

so latin being sung can be transposed at will, but speaking and writing are different things, interesting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT10p...=ULWjSYELTx7DI

i like the song. wouldnt say im CRAZY about it.. but ill have to see the fight firsthand and blow my ears out to fully enjoy it i guess :)

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Originally Posted by Bayohne

What's that? You wanted to see the Latin lyrics and would also like to know what they're saying (for those of us that don't speak Latin)? Well then!



And here is the English translation!


(I love this song so much)

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Bayohne and Camate... I just wanted both of you to know that your reply to my wishful post almost brought tears to my eyes. Not really because of the lyrics, which are great, but rather because this marks the first time a post of mine is ever replied to by a moderator. I never lost the hope, but it was dwindling low.

After so, so many unanswered OPs, both long and short, both serious and humorous, laudatory or critical, I get not one, but three moderator posts in my little thread.

Gratias multas ex toto corde meo. Iterum facere potestis?

:P

R

Imperium ave is correct; in latin, very frequently, if the declensions are right, the order is extremely flexible.

R

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Originally Posted by Starlord

It's the " I want some Peas, Just for me" Song! :P I can't help but hearing that :p

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ROFL Starlord, you're right! ...well, kinda.

:p

R

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Originally Posted by Veltaine

so latin being sung can be transposed at will, but speaking and writing are different things, interesting

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Well, not exactly. In Latin, given the strict declension system--which always tags words letting the listener or reader know what their functions are--the order of the words in a sentence is much more flexible than, say, in English. One can see the vestiges of this in modern Latin-derived languages as well, but not to such a degree.

Poetry (including lyrical poetry, like in this case, or poetry to be sung) usually concedes itself the (well, poetic) license to be more flexible in its syntactical order than colloquial language. Of course, this also happens in English wherever poetic language comes into play, even outside of formal poems: "Paradise Lost" and "There but for the grace of God go I" are only two examples. It is a fact that increased poetical flexibility is common in many languages.

Rise! Dauntless raven, RISE!

can't... stop... singing/humming this song!
/em takes off his mask and reveals <me>'s Empire-Spy identity.
Ave Imperium!

so proud that our game's music are much better than other inferiors'
lots variety, lots details, lots layers (? means in compose-wise, more than 5 instruments in many) @ songs