"Hooked on a Feeling" in Latin! (Patreon)
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Verba Carminis / Latin Lyrics (with translation notes and pronunciation guides, including elisions and reduction of short 'i' before vowels into 'j' (the semivowel)).
Ĕffrēnātum sēnsum [the 'ĕ' here indicates the syllable has been shortened for metrical reasons, in the fashion of Plautus]
datum ā tē mihī,
cāra, nōn rēsistō [the 'rē' prefix may be pronounced long or short in Classical Latin]
quem facis mī. [this is a reference to Ovid. Amor. III.2 "quem facis esset amor"]
Ăh, lacertīs
positīs collō [this is a reference to various Ovid poems where Corinna presses her upper arms around Ovid's neck before kissing him]
rem salvam ["rēs salva est" is an idiom meaning "everything is fine"]
sīc esse sciō.
Capiŏr sēnsū [the 'ŏ' here indicates the syllable has been shortened for metrical reasons, in the fashion of Plautus]
et animĭ mōtū ["capior amōre" means "I fall in love"; here, "amōre" has been replaced by "sēnsū" ("feeling") and "animĭ mōtū" (emotion)]
ŏ, quod tū me ipsa amās.
Labrumst dulcius melle.
Sapōris sum memor.
Hauriendumst mulsum, ["mulsum" = honey wine]
ita sitim patior!
Perditē tē cupjō; [the 'j' here indicates that the 'i' scans as a syllable, not as a vowel, as in Vergil "Lāvinjaque vēnit lītora"]
remedjō nōn opus.
Vinciorque et vincor
ac tōtus sum tuus!
Omnia bella | ea tempora
agŏ, cāra
ūrīgine percitā! [this is from Appulēius Metam. book 1]
Capiŏr sēnsū
et animĭ mōtū
ŏ, quod tū mē ipsa amās.
Omnia bella | ea tempora
agŏ, cāra
ūrīgine percitā!
Capiŏr sēnsū
et animĭ mōtū
ŏ, quod tū mē ipsa amās.
Capiŏr sēnsū
et animĭ mōtū
ŏ, quod tū mē ipsa amās.
Inquam capiŏr sēnsū
atque animĭ mōtū
ŏ, quod tū mē ipsa amās.