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From: Matt Dunford <zoot@zotikos.com>
To: classics@u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: latin (& german) question
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* Matt Dunford <zoot@zotikos.com> [010819 16:14]:
> I'm puzzled by the lyrics of a song called 'amo vitam' by a band named
> 'Rosenstolz'.  Here are the lyrics:
> 
> amo vitam
> amo generem
> tamen quare sum sola
> amo rosam
> desidero pacem
> tamen quare sum sola
> 
> They give a translation to the latin:
> 
> Ich liebe das Leben
> Ich liebe den Sex
> Doch warum bin ich einsam
> Ich liebe die Rose 
> Ich sehne mich nach Frieden
> Doch warum bin ich einsam
> 
> The line that puzzles me is 'amo generem', which is translated as 'ich
> liebe den Sex'.  I can't find the form 'generem' in my dictionary.
> Perhaps the misspelt accusative of 'gener' or a bastardized version of
> 'genus'?  -- but then the german translation doesn't really work.
> Anyone have a clue?
> 
> The song, by the way, is a must for anyone enamoured by German accents.
> ;-)

Ack! found the answer to my own question.  Looks like they 'meant' 'amo
Venerem'.  oops..

- http://www.bnro.de/~mess/schein.html -

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