Living
A Carol of Wine
Translated by John Addington Symonds (1884) · From Wine, Women, and Song (1884)
In dulci jubilo
Sing we, make merry so!
Since our heart's pleasure
Latet in poculo,
Drawn from the cask, good measure.
Pro hoc convivio,
Nunc, nunc bibito!
O crater parvule!
How my soul yearns for thee!
Make me now merry,
O potus optime,
Claret or hock or sherry!
Et vos concinite:
Vivant socii!
O vini caritas!
O Bacchi lenitas!
We've drained our purses
Per multa pocula:
Yet hope we for new mercies,
Nummoram gaudia:
Would that we had them, ah!
Ubi sunt gaudia? where,
If that they be not there?
There the lads are singing
Selecta cantica:
There are glasses ringing
In villae curia;
Oh, would that we were there!
Cite this poem
MLA
The Goliards (Wandering Scholars). “A Carol of Wine.” Translated by John Addington Symonds. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goliards/45/.
Chicago
The Goliards (Wandering Scholars). “A Carol of Wine.” Translated by John Addington Symonds. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goliards/45/.
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