Gaudeamus
Lyrics
| Gaudeamus igitur, Juvenes dum sumus; Post jucundam juventutem, Post molestam senectutem Nos habebit humus! |
While we’re young, let us rejoice, Singing out in gleeful tones; After youth’s delightful frolic, And old age (so melancholic!), Earth will cover our bones. |
| Vita nostra brevis est, Brevi finietur, Venit mors velociter, Rapit nos atrociter, Nemini parcetur. |
Life is short and all too soon We emit our final gasp; Death ere long is on our back; Terrible is his attack; None escapes his dread grasp. |
| Ubi sunt qui ante Nos in mundo fuere? Vadite ad superos, Transite ad inferos, Hos si vis videre. |
Where are those who trod this globe In the years before us? They in hellish fires below, Or in Heaven’s kindly glow, Swell th’ eternal chorus. |
| Vivat academia, Vivant professores, Vivat membrum quodlibet, Vivant membra quaelibet, Semper sint in flore! |
Long live our academy, Teachers whom we cherish; Long live all the graduates, And the undergraduates; Ever may they flourish. |
| Vivant omnes virgines Faciles, formosae, Vivant et mulieres, Tenerae, amabiles, Bonae, laboriosae! |
Long live all the maidens fair, Easy-going, pretty; Long live all good ladies who Are tender and so friendly to Students in this city. |
| Vivat et respublica Et qui illam regit, Vivat nostra civitas, Maecenatum caritas, Quae nos hic protegit! |
Long live our Republic and The gentlefolk who lead us; May the ones who hold the purse Be always ready to disburse Funds required to feed us. |
| Pereat tristitia, Pereant osores, Pereat diabolus, Quivis antiburschius, Atque irrisores! |
Down with sadness, down with gloom, Down with all who hate us; Down with those who criticize, Look with envy in their eyes, Scoff, mock and berate us. |
| Quis confluxus hodie Academicorum? E longinquo convenerunt, Protinusque successerunt In commune forum; |
Why has such a multitude Come here during winter break? Despite distance, despite weather, They have gathered here together For Philology’s sake. |
| Vivat nostra societas, Vivant studiosi Crescat una veritas, Floreat fraternitas, Patriae prosperitas. |
Long live our society, Scholars wise and learn-ed; May truth and sincerity Nourish our fraternity And our land’s prosperity. |
| Alma Mater floreat, Quae nos educavit; Caros et commilitones, Dissitas in regiones Sparsos, congregavit; |
May our Alma Mater thrive, A font of education; Friends and colleagues, where’er they are, Whether near or from afar, Heed her invitation. |
