Bonum commume communitatis

[Lavallee]

I like the choice of the latin phrase in the new founder logo: to be happy by being in the community.

Marc

[jim56]

Thanks Marc for posting the words of the phrase. My 50 year old eyes couldn't make out those small letters, lol.

[neverfoundthetime]

Thanks Marc, I couldn't even see that let alone read it!
"Common good of the community" ... have I got that right?

[Lavallee]

jim56 wrote:

Thanks Marc for posting the words of the phrase. My 50 year old eyes couldn't make out those small letters, lol.

I couldn't see it either, I had to zoom 400 times :my 50 years old eyes are the same as yours

Marc

[cosmicmechanic]

So we now have a latin logo ... nothing but the best for us, thanks!

Why not a song in latin for the occasion, by Cat Stevens?

Let's remind ourselves that latin is a "dead" language, which is the reason Cat Stevens chose it to add poignancy to the lyrics of the following song.

Here's the tune, with lyrics and translation added to the post below the video.



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hunc ornatum mundi
nolo perdere
video flagrare
omnia res
audio clamare
homines
nunc extinguitur
mundi et astrorum lumen
nunc concipitur
mali hominis crimen
tristitate et lacrimis
gravis est dolor
de terraque maribus
magnus est clamor
O caritas, O caritas
nobis semper sit amor
nos perituri mortem salutamus
sola resurgit vita
Ah, this world is burning fast
Oh, this world will never last
I don't want to lost it here in my time
Give me time forever here in my time.

Translation of Latin:
(I don't want to lose the harmony of the universe
I see all things... burning, I hear men... shouting.
Now is the light of the world and the stars going out
Now does the blame for the disaster fall upon men.
Grief is heavy with sadness and tears
Great is the noise from the earth and the seas
O love, O love be with us always.
We who will perish salute death. Life alone goes on.)