A Place of Brightness: A Latin Language Version of Adele's "Hello" by Keith Massey, PhD

Monday, March 7, 2016

A Latin Language Version of Adele's "Hello" by Keith Massey, PhD

I had not done a new Latin language cover since just before New Year's, when I did Auld Lang Syne.

A friend forwarded to me the information on a Cover Contest, and I decided it was time to create.

I chose Adele's "Hello." After the video, I share the English and Latin lyrics. If you are a Latin student or teacher, I hope you find the product a useful way to make Latin come alive in the modern world. I invite you to like the video on Youtube. Who knows, maybe a Latin language video can make a showing in this contest!

Verse
Hello, it's me	Salve, sum ego
I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet	Mirabar si tibi convenire post hos annos placeret
To go over everything	ut omnia meditaremur
They say that time's supposed to heal ya	Dicunt tempus te sanare
But I ain't done much healing	Sed non sanatus sum multum
Hello, can you hear me	Salve, me audire potes
I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be	Sum in California somnians de quibus eramus
When we were younger and free	Ubi eramus iuniores et liberi
I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet	Oblitus sum quomodo erat antequam mundus cecidit pro nobis
There's such a difference between us	Tanta differentia est inter nos
And a million miles	et decies centena milia passuum
Chorus
Hello from the other side	Salve de altera parte
I must have called a thousand times	scilicet milies vocavi te
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done	ut tibi narrarem me paenitere pro omnibus quae feci
But when I call you never seem to be home	Sed ubi te voco, numquam es domi
Hello from the outside	Salve de foris
At least I can say that I've tried	Possum saltem dicere me conatum esse
To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart	tibi dicere me paenitere animum tuum fregisse
But it don't matter it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore	Sed non refert quod clare te distrahit non amplius.
Verse
Hello, how are you?	Salve, quid agis?
It's so typical of me to talk about myself I'm sorry	dicere de me ipso soleo, me paenitet
I hope that you're well	Spero te valere
Did you ever make it out of that town where nothing ever happened	discessisti umquam ex oppido in quo nihil accidit
It's no secret that the both of us	secretum non est ut nobis
Are running out of time	tempus fugit.

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Monday, March 7, 2016

A Latin Language Version of Adele's "Hello" by Keith Massey, PhD

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