LATIN to ENGLISH: surgite, lumen adest

[s***@yahoo.com]

Can someone please translate this from LATIN into ENGLISH:
"Surgite, lumen adest."
It was on a coat of arms.

Thank you.

Ted Shoemaker

[Aug. de Man]

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"Surgite, lumen adest."
It was on a coat of arms.

Rise, the light is present (is helping us).
With "the Light" probably Christ is meant.

August de Man

[izzy]

http://www.bradford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C6835B33-0BD0-46DB-A154-079336C5E0A9/0/DescriptionsofGradeIIListedBuildingsinBradford.pdf

Leeds Road, Bradford 1, No. 200
... Blind tympanum of archivolt arch has relief carving of a cock in
scrolled leaf surround, and the arch is inscribed "Surgite Lumen
Adest". ...

ciao,
izzy

Post by Aug. de Man

"Surgite, lumen adest." It was on a coat of arms.

Rise, the light is present (is helping us).
With "the Light" probably Christ is meant.
August de Man

[Kevin O'Donnell]

Rise, there is light.
This could also refer to the dawn.

Get up, it's morning.

Coemgenus

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"Surgite, lumen adest."
It was on a coat of arms.
Thank you.
Ted Shoemaker

[John Woodgate]

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"Surgite, lumen adest."
It was on a coat of arms.

'Get up, it's daylight'. The Roman version of '...smell the coffee'!

[Steven M (remove wax and invalid to reply)]

Je Sun, 11 Jun 2006 16:00:24 +0100, John Woodgate

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"Surgite, lumen adest."
It was on a coat of arms.

'Get up, it's daylight'. The Roman version of '...smell the coffee'!

Reminds me of: "We're burning daylight"

[Harlan Messinger]

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"Surgite, lumen adest."
It was on a coat of arms.

Arise, the light attends.

[Evertjan.]

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"Surgite, lumen adest."
It was on a coat of arms.

R.L. STEVENSON, A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Vespere qualis erat cum pupis hortus ademptus,
Lumine talis erit lucidiore poli,
Roscida prata rosae calles, "damus, ecce!" reclamant,
"Nos signum pueris; surgite! lumen adest!
Jam rediit" clamant "Phoebus, vallesque renident;
Vos socii exspectant, vos studiosa cohors."
<http://sevenroads.org/Garden/GardenF.html>

No. 200, Leeds Road, Bradford
<http://www.bradford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C6835B33-0BD0-46DB-A154-
079336C5E0A9/0/DescriptionsofGradeIIListedBuildingsinBradford.pdf>

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Arise, the light attends.

Wake up, all, it is light.

[John Woodgate]

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"Surgite, lumen adest."
It was on a coat of arms.

Arise, the light attends.

That is English??(;-)

[Harlan Messinger]

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"Surgite, lumen adest."
It was on a coat of arms.

Arise, the light attends.

That is English??(;-)

Sure, why isn't it?

My lord, in the base court he doth attend
To speak with you; may it please you to come down.

(Richard II, Act 3, Scene 3)

[John Woodgate]

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"Surgite, lumen adest."
It was on a coat of arms.

Arise, the light attends.

That is English??(;-)

Sure, why isn't it?
My lord, in the base court he doth attend
To speak with you; may it please you to come down.
(Richard II, Act 3, Scene 3)

But then by that count, Whan that aprill with his shoures soote/The
droghte of march hath perced to the roote,/And bathed every veyne in
swich licour....' is also English. (;-) But I don't think many people
these days would understand it..

[Harlan Messinger]

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"Surgite, lumen adest."
It was on a coat of arms.

Arise, the light attends.

That is English??(;-)

Sure, why isn't it?
My lord, in the base court he doth attend
To speak with you; may it please you to come down.
(Richard II, Act 3, Scene 3)

But then by that count, Whan that aprill with his shoures soote/The
droghte of march hath perced to the roote,/And bathed every veyne in
swich licour....' is also English. (;-) But I don't think many people
these days would understand it..

I did mean it to sound medieval, seeing as the original was from a coat
of arms, but it also seemed to me that "attend" in this sense would be
better known than the likes of "methinks" and "prithee".

[John Woodgate]

Post by Harlan Messinger
I did mean it to sound medieval, seeing as the original was from a coat
of arms, but it also seemed to me that "attend" in this sense would be
better known than the likes of "methinks" and "prithee".

Ah, that explains.

[Faust]

"adest" is well known to christmas carolers from "adeste, fidelis"
a.k.a. "oh, come, all ye faithful" right?


so shouldn't it be "arise, the light comes" or "arise, the light is
arriving" or somethin?

[Leszek L.]

Post by Faust
"adest" is well known to christmas carolers from "adeste, fidelis"
a.k.a. "oh, come, all ye faithful" right?
so shouldn't it be "arise, the light comes" or "arise, the light is
arriving" or somethin?

No. "Adeste" in the Latin version of the carol means literally
"Be present!" (in the imperative). The English translation
is not 100% precise, sacrificing literal exactness for the sake
of poetical elegance.

Cheers,
Leszek.

[John Woodgate]

Post by Faust
"adest" is well known to christmas carolers from "adeste, fidelis"
a.k.a. "oh, come, all ye faithful" right?
so shouldn't it be "arise, the light comes" or "arise, the light is
arriving" or somethin?

'Adeste' is the 2nd person plural present active imperative of 'adesse',
which is 'ad' - 'towards', plus 'esse' - 'to be'. So it means 'Be
present!' The verb 'to come' is just an artefact of translation into
English. In fact, the usual English translation follows the Latin very
accurately, but 'come' is something of an exception.