Dream as if you'll live forever, Live as if &c

[trd]

I dont know how it'll translate, but I was wondering what this quote would be in latin.

'Dream as if you'll live forever, Live as if you'll die today'

Hope someone can help me, thanks

 

[LDV]

maybe:

Somnia quasi in aeternum victurus sis, vive quasi hodie moriturus sis


or maybe semper instead of in aeternum



Wait for other and better translations!

 

[trd]

Thanks

Thanks, i've had a little look around and that seems right but its for a tattoo so if you're not too sure I'll hang on to see if anybody disagrees.

 

[Gentleman Rogue]

someone's a James Dean fan, huh?

 

[QMF]

someone's a James Dean fan, huh?

I believe the quote is originally from Gandhi, actually...

 

[trd]

Ghandi said something very similar somethin, James Dean just kinda updated it but he gets most credit. Bit of a james dean fan, yeah.

Any idea's if that translation was right?

 

[scrabulista]

Does "somniare" indicate "dream while asleep" rather than "dream" = "to have an inspiration?"

There's the cognate insomnia so I think it is the former.

 

[LDV]

will someone comment on translation :wondering:

 

[Anonymous]

hi will you plz help me translate this

I’D RATHER DIE ON MY FEET THAN LIVE ON MY KNEES


waiting for reply

Thanx

 

[QMF]

Lit.:
Malim mori in pedibus quam vivere in genibus.
More fluid and logical:
Malim mori stans quam vivere ingeniculans.
Literally meaning "I would rather die standing than live kneeling."

Ingeniculans is somewhat clunky however, and there doesn't seem to be a non-clunky alternative...bah.

Also, please don't make requests in other people's threads, it makes the forum make a lot less sense.

 

[trd]

Can anybody offer any suggestions on the original quote or its initial translation please?

 

[skinnylizard77]

'somniare' means to dream while asleep. To aspire to something you could use 'appetere,' so the quote would become:
appete quasi in aeternum victurus sis, vive quasi hodie moriturus sis

You also could drop both 'sis' if you wanted:
appete quasi in aeternum victurus, vive quasi hodie moriturus


Another possibility for 'in aeternum' is 'semper' (always):
appete quasi semper victurus, vive quasi hodie moriturus
This gives slightly better balance I think, balancing a single word against 'hodie'

 

[trd]

Cheers

Thank you for your help!

 

[Anonymous]

Dream as if you'll live forever... as if you'll die tomorrow

Hi Everyone,

I was hoping that someone could help me translate the following phrase from English into Latin:

'Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow'

Thank you

 

[Matthaeus]

Re: Please can you help me translate?

Somnia quasi in perpetuum vivas, vive quasi cras morieris.

 

[Imber Ranae]

Re: Please can you help me translate?

It should be moriaris. And somnia doesn't mean "dream" in the positive sense that the English word conveys.

 

[Imber Ranae]

Re: Please can you help me translate?

Actually, this would probably work better with participles:

Spera quasi in perpetuum victurus. Vive quasi cras moriturus.
[to a male person]

Spera quasi in perpetuum victura. Vive quasi cras moritura.
[to a female person]

Sperate quasi in perpetuum victuri. Vivite quasi cras morituri.
[to multiple persons]

Spero is the closest Latin equivalent of "to dream" I can think of. I'm open to other suggestions.

 

[Chamaeleo]

Re: Please can you help me translate?

Somnia quasi in perpetuum vivas, vive quasi cras morieris.

Present subjunctive in the first and future indicative in the other? That can’t be right.

 

[Matthaeus]

Re: Please can you help me translate?

Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking :wondering:
To me, victurus can be both 'about to live' AND 'about to conquer'. Or does the amibiguity really not matter in the context here?

 

[Bitmap]

Re: Please can you help me translate?

you could make it clear by adding macrons: vīctūrus
victūrus (from vincere) has a short i