Aan de schachten sheet music
Song
Text and Melody: Omer Karel de Laey v/o Alta Leda in 1897
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- Tracht 't kollegie te vergeten,
Schachten, en het dood latijn,
Dat u nievers meer in Leuven
Kan van nut of dienstig sijn.
Tracht 't kollegie te vergeten
Maar onthoudt de wijze les:
'Nunquam soli, semper tres.'
- Leert de blijde vrijheid kennen,
Leuven, leven en genot
Laat de domgeleerde blokkers
hen begraven op hun kot!
Leert de blijde vrijheid kennen
en begrijpt de wijze les:
'Nunquam soli, semper tres'
- Zingt en buldert 's avonds late,
staakt uw woelig tieren niet
tot de laatste en meeste slaper
duizelachtig wakker schiet.
Zingt en buldert 's avonds late
en begrijpt de wijze les:
'Nunquam soli, semper tres'
- Tergt de grillige 'pandoeren'
Wijkt voor niemand en miskent
al de zotte stipulatien
van 't politiereglement!
Tergt de grillige pandoeren
en begrijpt de wijze les:
'Nunquam soli, semper tres'
- Nunquam soli, hard gevierd!
Geen pandoeren mogen rusten!
Nooit alleene! Roept en tiert
want men bezigt slechts in juli,
op 't exaam, de dwaze les:
'Semper soli, numquam tres'
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- Try to forget the college,
Novices, and dead Latin,
That no more in Leuven
can be of use or service to you.
Try to forget the college
But remember the wise lesson:
Nunquam soli, semper tres.'
- Learn to know the joy of freedom,
Leuven, life and pleasure
Let the stupid blockheads
bury them in their rooms!
Learn to know the joy of freedom,
And understand the wise lesson:
Nunquam soli, semper tres'
- Sing and roar late at night,
Do not cease your raging
Until the last and most sleepy person
Wakes up dizzy.
Sing and roar late at night
And understand the wise lesson:
Nunquam soli, semper tres'
- Taunt the capricious 'pandurs'
Give way to no one and disregard
all the silly stipulations
of the police regulations!
Taunt the capricious 'pandurs'
And understand the wise lesson:
Nunquam soli, semper tres'
- Nunquam soli, celebrated hard!
No pandurs should rest!
Never alone! Shout and rant
For one only celebrates in July,
On the exam, the foolish lesson:
Semper soli, numquam tres
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Additional info
The text of this song appeared on the front page of the first issue of Ons Leven of the academic year 1897-1898. Alta Leda, pseudonym for Omer Karel de Laey, who at the time was a law student in Leuven, wanted to give the fresh batch of novices of Leuven the message not to huddle alone in their rooms during the academic year, but to have fun with their friends. But at the end of the story, he warns: until the exams come, it's every man for himself again.
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