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Thread #141825 Message #4124335
Posted By: GUEST,PB
27-Oct-21 - 11:49 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Alternative Gaudete lyrics/Awayday (Kipper)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Alternative Gaudete lyrics
Almost anything by the Archpoet will fit to Gaudete:
Meum est propositum in taberna mori, ut sint vina proxima morientis ori. tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori: "Sit Deus propitius huic potatori"
My free* translation, different metre:
My only ambition's to die in a pub, Surrounded by women and liquor and grub. You'll hear all the angels, "Saint Peter," they'll shout, "Come and open the gates for this drunken old lout!"
Or try this:
Meum pectus sauciat puellarum decor, Et quas tactu nequeo, Saltem corde mechor