Laus Deo

[Scholiast]

Messieurs, Mesdames

Some years ago I composed a short anthem for a church choir, originally only to the rather elementary Latin words Laus Deo, Patri omnipotenti, Alleluia, Amen. Gloria!

As I now find myself (enthusiastically) singing with an a capella choir in Dundee which specialises in Gaelic, I would now like, despite the rather four-square Germanic harmonies of my composition, to offer it to this splendid Chorus as a possible venture for future musical exploration or performance. But it would be fun to do in Gaelic rather then Latin.

I have come up with the following, so far, as a "tr*nsl*t**n" of the original text:

Mholadh n'amam Dia!
Athair uile-chumhachdach.
Alleluia, Amen. Glòir​

In the spirit and intention of the (magnificent and saintly) Faither Allan Macd. of South Uist and Eriskay...

But by heavens I could do with some help and instruction (rather, correction) in the language.

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[GunChleoc]

Just some small corrections to the first line:

Gum moladh m' anam Dia!

The rest looks good to me

[Níall Beag]

I reckon most of us here would need a little help understanding the Latin. I don't recognise the words as a specific prayer (and from your description I don't think I'm meant to) so I really couldn't comment. GunChleoc's probably the only one who knows what you're saying.

[GunChleoc]

It means: praise god, the almighty father, ...

And I don't speak Latin, but I do recognize similar words, and the context does the rest.

Laus -> laudable
Deo -> Dia, deus in Portuguese, dios in Spanish
patri -> patrimonium, patriot, patricide, ...
omnipotenti -> omnipotent (duh!)

Yep, English is half Latin anyway!

And in case you need pronunciation help: http://www.foramnagaidhlig.net/foram/vi ... =28&t=3054

Hmm, now I think the second line would benefit from having the article added:

An t-athair uile-chumhachdach.