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By C. W. Kindleben, Halle 1781
Versio Latina
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Stanza
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English Text
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Gaudeamus igitur,
Juvenes dum sumus;
Post jucundam juventutem,
Post molestam senectutem
Nos habebit humus!
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01
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Let's therefore rejoice While
we are young:
After a happy youth,
And a troubled old age,
A tomb will get us all! |
| Vita nostra brevis est, Brevi finietur,
Venit mors velociter,
Rapit nos atrociter,
Nemini parcetur! |
02
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Our life is short, And will
shortly end;
Death comes swiftly,
Steals us fiercely,
And spares no one! |
| Ubi sunt qui ante nos In mundo fuere?
Vadite ad superos,
Transite ad inferos,
Hos si vis videre! |
03
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Where are all that were On
Earth before us?
Fly to Heaven,
Plunge into Hell,
If you are going to see them! |
| Vivat academia, Vivant professores,
Vivat membrum quodlibet,
Vivant membra quaelibet,
Semper sint in flore! |
04
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Long live Academia, Long
live Professors,
Long live any member,
Long live all staff,
May they bloom forever! |
| Vivant omnes virgines, Faciles, formosae;
Vivant et mulieres,
Tenerae, amabiles,
Bonae, Laboriosae! |
05
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Long live all swinging And
Pretty Maidens;
Long live also live tender,
Lovable, good and
Hardworking women! |
| Vivat et Respublica Et qui illam regit;
Vivat nostra civitas,
Maecenatum caritas,
Quae nos hic protegit! |
06
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Let our Nation also live, And
the one who rules it;
Long live our city and the
Generosity of our financers,
Our protectors here. |
| Pereat tristitia, Pereant osores,
Pereat diabolus,
Quivis antiburschius,
Atque irrisores! |
07
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Down with gloom, Down with
haters,
Down with the Devil,
With any who envies,
And scorns! |
| Quis confluxus hodie Academicorum?
E longinquo convenerunt,
Protinusque successerunt
In commune forum. |
08
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What's today's Academic Convention?
They've come from far away,
But without delay went
To the debate. |
| Vivat nostra societas, Vivant studiosi;
Crescat una veritas,
Floreat fraternitas,
Patriae prosperitas. |
09
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Long live our society, Long
live scholars;
Let a single truth thrive,
Let fraternity blossom, as it
Makes our Country prosperous. |
| Alma Mater floreat, Quae nos educavit,
Caros et commilitones,
Dissitas in regiones
Sparsos congregavit. |
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Let Alma Mater flourish, The
one that educated us and
Gathered sparse
Friends and colleagues
From places far away. |
Further references can be found here.
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