Paix Et Amour

[Nomad]

You have the floor !

[chonsigirl]

You gave me the floor Nomad....................

Words by Axel Olrik

This work was selected as a finalist in the Richard Gregson-Williams Memorial Prize 1996

Text

Latin text by Axel Olrik (the same one as that used by Carl Nielsen)

Amor mihi vitam donat,

adolesco in fasciis eius,

et quotidie me gaudio saturat.

Amor tibi vitam dedit,

adolescis in fasciis eius,

et quotidie to gaudio saturat.

Amor est votum meum et desiderium,

prae lucet mihi instar sideris,

plenitudinem eius semper quaero.

Amor est fons meus,

virtus supere ripas eius floret.

Amor est robur meum.

Amor est dolor meus,

nil me altius vulneravit,

nil tamen carius.

Amor est pax mea,

est aurora mea vesperi,

opes mihi largitus, ut ipse largiar.

Lucis fons ex humili,

altrae terrae fulgur,

mille fracta radiis mira fax divina!

Ecce! Audite! Coeli cantus

terrae campi resonant

lucis sublimes regiones

vox amoris personat.

Amor vitam dedit,

replet desideria,

scaturigo est virtutis,

pax amoris nomen est.

Lucis fons ex humili,

igne splendet coeli.

Amor alme, unice.

Ave! Tibi grates! Amor!



[roughly translates as:]

Love gives me life,

and I grow under its guidance,

every day it fills me with joy.

Love gave you life,

you grow under its guidance,

every day it fills you with joy.

Love is my craving and my desire,

it shines for me like a guiding star,

forever I seek its fulfilment.

Love is my spring,

and valour grows on its banks.

Love is my strength.

Love is my grief,

nothing has hurt me as much,

yet it is so precious to me.

Love is my peace,

it is my sunset,

and it gave me riches enough to distribute from.

Bursts of light from the depths,

lightning from the dark earth,

broken into millions of rays,

divine fire and wondrous!

Hark! Hark! Heavenly music

resounding over earthly field,

lifted up to the realms of light

the song of love is heard.

Love gave me life,

still desires,

is a source of strength,

peace is the name of love.

Bursts of light from the depths,

purified by heaven's fire.

Love, complete, unique.

Hail! Thankyou! Love!

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[Nomad]

Your such a trickster bunny girl !



Beautiful ! Very poignant indeed !

[Accountable]

Oh okay, I get it. This is like that duck soup riddle, right? Why a duck? Okay, here goes. I got the floor, right? I got the floor ... I got the floor ... I got the fl- Hey.



Wait a minute! the title I'm lookin' at right now says Paix Et Amour. That's French, and I know French because I'm from Louisiana and everybody knows that everybody born in Louisiana speaks French before they can poop, and paix et amour means ... ah ... Pay For Canned Meat?!?



I'm not buying your lunch, Nomad! I mean I would buy you lunch if you'd asked me straight up, but this type of trickery is the type of trickery that I just can not put up with unless it's my idea. You could have said something like "Man! I sure am hungry." and I could have gone "Dude! Ya want I should buy you a sandwich." and you could go "Man! You'd do that for me?" and I could go "Dude! Of course, dude. Because I'm that kinda guy. How about some Armour canned meat?" and you could go ...



... Wait a minute ...



There's no 'R' in that title. That's not canned meat, that's love! You want us to buy .... ewwwwwwwww!

[Nomad]

Ladies & gentleman everyone just get back in your cars & go home...theres nothing to see here, move along people thats right there you go keep it moving. This man needs some room just step back so we can get him some help. Just a little breakdown move it along.