Peggy wrote:
>Naomi Gurt Lind wrote to check her translation of the Latin portions of this
>carol. I don't have an answer about Naomi's translation, but another question
>about the first two lines of the last verse (I cut for space all but the first
>two lines of each of the three verses): Are "gaudia" and "there" supposed to
>rhyme?
>
> > IN DULCI JUBILO
> >
> > In dulci jubilo --- In sweet jubilation
> > Now sing with hearts aglow
>
> > O Jesu parvule --- o tiny Jesus
> > For thee I long alway
> >
>
> > Ubi sunt gaudia --- where are there joys
> > In any place but there?
I wondered about that too, Peggy. Perhaps with a very exaggerated RP
approach, the vowels could begin to harmonize, but I am singing it in
a less heightened way and hoping the inaccurate rhyme doesn't bother
too many people! It's not the greatest [German-English] translation,
but that's what they gave me! :)
NGL
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