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: : i don't know a whole lot of Latin, unfortunately, and i was wondering if anyone knew where i might find a translation of the beautiful lyrics to Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera. I'm supposed to sing it at a wedding and i know enough Latin to deduce that it is a "sacred cantata" (and thus kosher to use in the strict Christian church that doesn't allow secular music at weddings), but i'm curious to know the full translation. If anyone knows, please e-mail me at enchantress27@hotmail.com. : Nulla in mundo pax sincera : Sine felle; pura et vera : Dulcis Jesu est in te : : (There is no true love in the world : without bitterness; in you, sweet Jesus, : it is pure and rightfull). : : Inter poenas et tormenta, : vivit anima contenta, : Casti amoris, sola spe. : : (Among anguish and torment : lives the contented soul, : its only hope, chaste love). : : Blando colore oculus mundus decipit : et occulto vulnere corda conficit. : Fugiamus ridentem : vitemus sequentem : has delicias ostentando; : arte secura vellet ludendo superare. : : (The world beguiles our eyes with alluring : colours : and consumes our hearts with hidden : wounds. : When it laughs, let us flee from it; : when it pursues us, flaunting its delights, : let us shun it; : for by carefree conduct and amusements : it would overcome us). : : Spirat anguis inter flores : Et colore explicando tegit fel. : Spirat anguis, sed tegit fel. : : (The serpent slithers through flowers, : and whilst it shows the beauty of its : colours it conceals its vendom. : The serpent slithers, but it conceals : its vendom). : : Sed occulto factus ore : Homo demens in amore : Saepe lambit quasi mel. : : (But he who is dumbstruck : and insane with love, : will often lick it as it were honey).

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