Saturday, December 29, 2018

Pax Deorum

This is what it sounds like inside my head.


Pax Deorum

... domine o venite o sacramentum  [disces m]eo deo
    domine o venite o sacramentum  [disces m]eo deo
    domine o venite o sacramentum  [disces m]eo deo..

    Athair ar neamh dialinn
…Athair ar neamh dialiom

   Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum.
   Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum.

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Peace of the Gods

Latin: Lord, come and promise us, O God
Lord, come and promise us, O God

Irish: Father in heaven, heavenly father

Latin: Believe that every day that shines upon you is your last
Believe that every day that shines upon you is your last

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The last 2 lines are from Horace:

Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras,
Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum:
Grata superveniet quae non sperabitur hora.

Amid hopes and anxieties,  amid fears and wild rages,
Believe that every day that shines upon you is your last:
A welcome, unexpected hour.

- Epistles (20-14 BC)  Book I, epistle iv, line 12 

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