From: "David Chapman" Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett Subject: [I] The AFP Carol Service Part 9 Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 16:31:02 -0000 I decided to save the best till last. Well, actually I honestly wasn't sure if I *could* filk this one, so I've been doing them on the fly and putting this off as long as possible. The Carol Service has been a lot of work, but it's also been a lot of fun. I'm glad so many people enjoyed it, and I'm sorry that I got a bit touchy about Murky (although I'm sure he wouldn't have butted in had he realised that all the carols were by one person - The Joy Of Lurks, I guess). So, for your entertainment and enlightenment... ADESTE INSANES Adeste insanes Potio calida dulcis Venite, Venite in AFP Liber videte Liber orbis mundi Ab Senex Flatus In Petasus Cantet nunc io Princeps Pastinaca Et Avia Cereus Tempestas Gloria, Gloria Pratchett adoremus Senex Flatus In Petasus Custos Detritus Ventosus Colluo (Talis magus haudquaquam) Et Patricius omnis Verba caro in libris Pratchett adoremus Ille damno probus. -- If we were perfect, we'd be invisible, wouldn't we? From: "David Chapman" Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett Subject: Re: [I] The AFP Carol Service Part 9 Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 17:17:59 -0000 "Andrew Nevill" wrote in message news:845f7k$ulr$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk... > > > ADESTE INSANES > > A translation would be nice. > Please. I should have known that somebody would ask for a translation of this one. It's based, of course, on "Adeste Fideles", the Latin version of "O Come All Ye Faithful", although I took a couple of minor liberties with pace and scan along the way. The Latin grammar is truly awful, but for Laotatian it isn't bad. Here's the translation (spoiler space for those who are still having fun with their Latin dictionaries) O come, all ye crazy For a hot sweet drink Come ye, come ye to AFP See the book The Discworld book By the Old Fart in a Hat Sing now, "Ah! Captain Carrot And Granny Weatherwax Glory, Glory Let us adore Pratchett The Old Fart in a Hat Watchman Detritus Rincewind (Not at all a kind of wizard) And the Patrician, all Words become flesh in the books Let us adore Pratchett He's damn good! -- If we were perfect, we'd be invisible, wouldn't we?