| Ave Atque Vale (original) | Ave Atque Vale (translation) |
|---|---|
| Multas per gentes et multa per aequora vectus | borne through many nations and many by sea |
| Advenio miseras, frater, ad inferias | I come to you wretched brother, to you |
| Ut te postremo donarem munere mortis | That I may finally bestow the gift of death |
| Donarem munere mortis | Gift in the gift of death |
| Et nequiquam alloquerer cinerem | And speak in vain to ashes |
| Quandoquidem fortuna mihi tete abstulit ipsum | Since fortune has stolen from me |
| Heu miser indigne frater adempte mihi | Alas, my brother has been robbed from me |
| Frater adempte mihi | Brother stolen from me |
| Nune tamen interea haec, prisco quae more parentum | But in the mean time these things, in the old fashion of their parents |
| Tradita sunt tristis munera ad inferias | Gifts were delivered to the policeman |
| Accipe fraterno multum manantia fletu | Take much brotherly, wet tears |
| Multum manantia fletu | my little dripping tears |
| Atque in perpetuum, frater, ave atque vale | And for ever, brother, Hail and Farewell |
| Ave atque vale… | Hail and farewell… |
