Happened to chance upon this interesting analysis on the opening theme of ELfen Lied.
which I think is really meditative and haunting. Zhu if you're reading this, and can find this song...onegai! send it to me thanks!
Lilium ( opening theme to ELfen Lied )
Os iusti meditabitur sapientiam,
Et lingua eius loquetur indicium.
Beatus vir qui suffert tentationem,
Quoniqum cum probates fuerit accipient coronam vitae.
Kyrie, ignis divine, eleison
O quam sancta, quam serena,
quam benigna, quam amoena
O castitatis lilium
First passage is from Psalm 36:30.
It is officially:
"The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom:
and his tongue shall speak judgment"
After that comes an excerpt from James 1, "Beatus vir",
from the Latin Vulgata edition of the Bible:
"Blessed is the man that endureth temptation:
for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life"
[, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.]
Finally, comes the heavily shortened trope chant "Kyrie Fons Bonitatis"
Lord, divine fire, have mercy
the original goes:
"Kyrie, ignis divine, pectora nostra succende, ut digni pariter proclamare
possimus semper, eleison"
"Lord, divine fire, inflame our hearts, so that together we may worthily proclaim forever:
have mercy"
Lastly, a modified version of a medieval sequence hymn "Ave Mundi Spes Maria":
Oh how holy, how serene, how benign, how delightful
the original goes:
"Oh, quam sancta, quam serena, quam benigna, quam amoena esse virgo creditur!"
"Oh how holy, how serene, how benign, how delightful is this maiden who believed!"
the last one... adjective form is CASTUS (3, -a -um).
Oh lily of chastity
Full translation of lyrics:
The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom:
and his tongue shall speak judgment
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation:
for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life
Lord, divine fire, have mercy
Oh how holy, how serene, how benign, how delightful
Oh lily of chastity
Fascinating...
reminds me the Da Vinci Code
