Lyrics and translation Hilliard Ensemble - Gaudeamus

Gaudeamus

Gaudeamus igitur
Juvenes dum sumus.
Gaudeamus igitur
Juvenes dum sumus.
Post jucundam juventutem
Post molestam senectutem
Nos habebit humus.
Nos habebit humus.

Vita nostra brevis est
Brevi finietur.
Vita nostra brevis est
Brevi finietur.
Venit mors velociter
Rapit nos atrociter
Nemini parcetur.
Nemini parcetur.

Vivant omnes virgines
Faciles, formosae.
Vivant omnes virgines
Faciles, formosae.
Vivant et mulieres
Tenerae amabiles
Bonae laboriosae.
Bonae laboriosae.

Vivat academia!
Vivant professores!
Vivat academia!
Vivant professores!
Vivat membrum quodlibet
Vivant membra quaelibet
Semper sint in flore.
Semper sint in flore.

Gaudeamus

Let us rejoice while we are young,
Lest we grow old.
Let us rejoice while we are young,
Lest we grow old.
After a pleasant youth,
And a troublesome old age,
Earth shall claim us.
Earth shall claim us.

Our life is short
And will soon end.
Our life is short
And will soon end.
Death comes quickly,
Takes us away cruelly,
Spares no one.
Spares no one.

May all the maidens live,
Charming and beautiful.
May all the maidens live,
Charming and beautiful.
May women also live,
Tender and loving,
Good and hardworking.
Good and hardworking.

Long live academia!
Long live professors!
Long live academia!
Long live professors!
May every member
May every member
Forever flourish.
Forever flourish.