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Aladdin's "Whole New World" in Latin

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Aladdin's "Whole New World" in Latin

Postby Gregorius » Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:30 pm

I'm here to ask for feedback on my revamped Latin translation/adaptation of the song "A Whole New World." I decided the first version wasn't as faithful as it could be. This time around,I was a little less conservative in my use of more distinctly poetic grammar (most notably the use of the ablative as a locative in "mundo novo"). Please give me your honest comments and feel free to express any doubts about idiom or grammar.

Those of you who may be new and therefore don't know the kind of work I do, my goal in doing translations like this is to sacrifice as little of the original meaning as possible while adapting the lyrics to retain the meter, rhymes, and melody of the song.

Without further ado, I present "MUNDO NOVO."


Possum mÅ￾nstrÄ￾re tÄ«
Mundum splendidum vērē.
RÄ“gis fÄ«lia, tÄ« pÄ￾rendum est
Tandem cordÄ« tuÅ￾.

Possum ferre iam tē
Mundī tantīs mīrandīs.
In tapēte volantī
Nunc vehimur magicē.

MundÅ￾ novÅ￾
Est modus novus videndī.
Ita cÅ￾nstringit nÅ￾s
Aut dÄ«cit nÅ￾s
SÅ￾lum somniÄ￾re nÄ“mÅ￾.

MundÅ￾ novÅ￾
Est locus quem numquam nÅ￾vÄ«.
Sed hÄ«c clÄ￾rissimÄ“
VideÅ￾ mÄ“
In mundum tÅ￾tum novum iam ferrÄ«.
(In mundum tÅ￾tum novum iam ferrÄ«)

NÅ￾n potest dÄ“scrÄ«bÄ«
Incrēdibilis sēnsus,
Et volandÅ￾ hÄ«c tÄ“cum
Tangam gemmÄ￾s mox caelÄ«.

MundÅ￾ novÅ￾
(OculÅ￾s aperÄ«)
Videnda mÄ«lia sunt ergÅ￾.
(Etiam fiet multum melius)
Cum sīderibus hīs,
Longē vēnī.
PorrÅ￾ redÄ«re numquam poterÅ￾.

MundÅ￾ novÅ￾
(Sēnsūs arrigunt mē)
Nunc Å￾rÄ￾s petimus mundÄ«
(QuÅ￾que punctÅ￾ mÄ«randÅ￾.)
StÄ“llÄ￾s affectÄ￾bÅ￾
CuivÄ«s locÅ￾.
Inter nÅ￾s partiÄ￾mus caelum sÄ«c.

MundÅ￾ novÅ￾...
MundÅ￾ novÅ￾...
Sumus ergÅ￾.
Sumus ergÅ￾.
CupiditÄ￾s
Est lÄ«bertÄ￾s
PrÅ￾ tÄ“ et mÄ“.
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