Above us only sky

[Anonymous]

Hi there,

Very quick question. I would love to know what the phrase

"above us only sky"

is in Latin?

Many thanks,
RLM.

 

[Cato]

Re: Help

"above us only sky"

This is actually more interesting than one would think.

There are two straightforward translations, the difference being in only the first word: super/supra nos modo caelum. If you are using this quote to mean what John Lennon did in his song "Imagine", the context implies a double meaning for "above": physically above and more abstractly "with authority over". This I think argues for supra, so my choice is supra nos modo caelum.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Cato,

Very interesting. Thanks very much for your help. BTW I was intending to use the "John Lennon" context of the phrase.

Thanks again,
Rob.