# Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" in Latin

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**Created:** [December 20, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/disneys-beauty-and-the-beast-in-latin/17182 "2019-12-20T16:09:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gregorius](https://www.textkit.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9fc29f/32.png) [@Gregorius](https://www.textkit.com/u/Gregorius)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/disneys-beauty-and-the-beast-in-latin/17182/1 "2019-12-20T16:09:53Z")

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As always, I concerned myself mainly with fitting the rhyme scheme and number of syllables per line, all the while being as faithful to the original meaning as possible under those constraints. No attempt was made to adhere to classical Roman meter, though I did try to align stress wherever I felt I could. I welcome any questions, suggestions, or even outright corrections, since this is probably not the final draft.

Tam vērissima’st  
Prisca narrātiō.  
Sunt vix amīcī,  
Sed iunguntur hī  
Gestū subitō.

Parva’st mūtātiō  
Quam hī sentiunt tunc.  
Tamen timidae  
Et imparātae  
Pulchr’ et bestia sunt.

Numquam mūtātur.  
Nōn exspectātur.  
Uti fuit semper  
Tam fidēliter  
Quam sōl oriētur.

Aeternior cantiō’st  
Iam quōvīs rhythmō.  
Posse mūtārī  
Et ēmendārī  
Discis tē vērō.

Est tam certum quam  
Sōlis cursus nunc.  
Priscior narrātiō  
Iam quōvīs aevō  
Pulchr’ et bestia sunt.

Aeternior cantiō  
Iam quōvīs rhythmō  
Pulchr’ et bestia sunt.