More Songs in Ancient Greek: "You Are Holy"
Posted: February 8th, 2012, 3:05 am
[Χορος]
αγιος ει, κραταιος ει
αξιος ει, αινεσεως
ακολουθησω, υποκουσω
αγαπησω, παντοτε
[Γυναικες]
κυριος κυριων, αρχων αρχοντων
θεος κραταιος, κυριος παντων
Εμμανουηλ, ο Εγω Ειμι
αρχων ειρηνης, οστις και αμνος
ο θεος ζων, χαριτι σωζων
βασιλευσεις αει, παλαιος ημερων
το Αλφα Ωμεγα, αρχη και τελος
ο σωτηρ μου, μεσσιας στηριγμος και φιλος
αρχων ειρηνης ει, και βιωσω εις σε
[Ανδρες]
προσαινησω, προσκυνησω
τω βασιλει, τω αξιω
αγαπησω, και φιλησω
προσπεσουμαι, προς αυτω
προσαινησω, προσκυνησω
τω βασιλει, τω αξιω
αγαπησω, και φιλησω
προσπεσουμαι, προς αυτω
αρχων ειρηνης ει, και βιωσω εις σε
As far as I can tell, I coined the word προσαινεω, but it was required to make this fit metrically. Although Greek does allow one to leave off the direct object of transitive verbs to some extent, I may have taken poetic license a bit too far on that.
As a former seminary student, I learned and (unfortunately?) internalized the Erasmian pronunciation that this board loves oh so much. I ran through this with the Buthian pronunciation and I believe it works metrically either way. Let me know what you folks think!
αγιος ει, κραταιος ει
αξιος ει, αινεσεως
ακολουθησω, υποκουσω
αγαπησω, παντοτε
[Γυναικες]
κυριος κυριων, αρχων αρχοντων
θεος κραταιος, κυριος παντων
Εμμανουηλ, ο Εγω Ειμι
αρχων ειρηνης, οστις και αμνος
ο θεος ζων, χαριτι σωζων
βασιλευσεις αει, παλαιος ημερων
το Αλφα Ωμεγα, αρχη και τελος
ο σωτηρ μου, μεσσιας στηριγμος και φιλος
αρχων ειρηνης ει, και βιωσω εις σε
[Ανδρες]
προσαινησω, προσκυνησω
τω βασιλει, τω αξιω
αγαπησω, και φιλησω
προσπεσουμαι, προς αυτω
προσαινησω, προσκυνησω
τω βασιλει, τω αξιω
αγαπησω, και φιλησω
προσπεσουμαι, προς αυτω
αρχων ειρηνης ει, και βιωσω εις σε
As far as I can tell, I coined the word προσαινεω, but it was required to make this fit metrically. Although Greek does allow one to leave off the direct object of transitive verbs to some extent, I may have taken poetic license a bit too far on that.
As a former seminary student, I learned and (unfortunately?) internalized the Erasmian pronunciation that this board loves oh so much. I ran through this with the Buthian pronunciation and I believe it works metrically either way. Let me know what you folks think!