Vivas Schola Regia

John Marshall, MA, LLD.

Vivas Schola Regia, (rasman Scholae Regiae Edinensis Carmen) Edinburg Qirollik Oliy maktabining qoʻshigʻidir. Lotin tilida matni rektor, doktor John Marshall tomonidan 1895-yilda yozilgan va shu maktabning sobiq oʻquvchisi Sir Alexander Mackenzie tomonidan musiqasi bastalangan. James Trotter Marshallning harakteri va taʼsiri haqida shunday fikr bildiradi: „Uni ilhomlantirgan kuch uning „Oʻrta maktab qoʻshigʻida“ sheʼrida yaxshi aks ettirilgan.“

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Dastlabki ikki misra har yili iyul oyida Xotira va Sovrinlarni topshirish kunida, yillik maktab sessiyasi oxirida kuylanadi. Uchinchi qator, „sicut arx in colle sita“ („tepalikka qoʻyilgan qoʻrgʻon kabi“: bu Marshall oʻzining ingliz tilidagi tarjimasida ishlatgan soʻzma-soʻz maʼnosi emas) ikkala maktab binosi holatiga ham ishora qiladi. Kalton tepaligining yon bagʻirlari va maktab tepasiga oʻrnatilgan tosh ustinli, minorali qal’ani ifodalaydi.

Maktab qoʻshigʻi, yuz yillik madhiyasi bilan bir qatorda, Nisi Dominus Frustra (soʻzlari J.C. Stewart, musiqasi Charles H. F. OʻBrien) maktab tomonidan yaratilgan ikkita mashhur musiqiy kompozitsiyadan biridir. Buni qirollik oliy olimlarining avlodlari oʻrgangan va madaniyat tarixchisi John Bruce Barclay uning umumiy sheʼr tarixidan dalolat beruvchi mashhur hikoyani soʻzlab beradi: „Ikkinchi jahon urushining eng qorongʻu davrida kema bortida boʻlgan voqeea. U Oʻrta sharq portida paluba boʻylab sayr qilib yurganida, toʻsatdan qorongʻuda boshqa kemadagi soatning ovozini eshitdi. Bu tanish ovoz edi.“ Keyinchalik ushbu voqea sheʼr yaratilishiga turtki boʻldi.

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SCHOLAE REGIAE EDINENSIS CARMEN

SONG OF THE ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL

Vivas, Schola Edinensis, Schola Regia venerabilis! Sicut arx in colle sita, Sicut sol e nubibus densis, Splendes, splendeas in aeternum, Alma Mater atque amabilis: Vivas Schola Regia, Vivas Schola Regia, Vivas, vivas, Schola Regia! Schola Regia! Quo in aevo tu vetusto Inter parva infans parvula Faustis tamen omnium votis Domicilio in angusto Cursum tuum ad honores Iniisti vaga, tremula - Tumgavisa est Doctrina Gaudent Leges, gaudent Artes; Matar enim tu bonorum Surgis altera Erycina Inter gratias atque Amoris Splendidas actura partes. Vivas, atque in annoscrescas, Alma Mater, Schola amata! Omnium particeps honorum Surgas semper, neu compescas Studium tuum gloriae sacrum; Fausta sis, felix, beata! Liberi tui te laudamus Laeto omnium cum clamore, Et quum multis posthac annis Tui quam juvenes amabamus, Senes rursus meminerimus, Vi clamabimus haud minore. Hac ex vita nos cesserimus, Nomen nostrum mox peribit; Sed in saecula mortis expers Tu manebis et veterrimus Honos tuus revirescens Juniores anteibit.

Royal High School, hail to thee! Worth our worship, worth our praising! Like a tower set gloriously, - Like a sun ʻmid clouds outblazing, - Shinʼst thou forth, whose song weʼre raising. Shine thou, shine eternally! Vivas Schola Regia! When in ages long departed, Small thy birthplace, small beginning, Yet ’midst omens loyal-hearted Into life thine entrance winning, Kind the Fates thy fortune spinning, Honour’s race thou boldly started, - Vivas Schola Regia! Learning then thine advent prizing, Hailed thee gladly. Art and Science Joyed to watch thy fair uprising Venus-like, in storms’ defiance, While the Muses bowed compliance, Such thy beauty’s charm enticing. Vivas Schola Regia! Live thou on, with years increasing, Mother kind, our heartʼs best treasure! Let ambition, still unceasing, Lead where Duty weds with Pleasure, Glory seeking, yet in measure, Nought of base they thirst appeasing. Vivas Schola Regia! We thy children sound thy glory With out [sic?] hearts’ united noising, And when years have told their story, And are youthful souls’ rejoicing Changes to an older voicing, Still weʼll chant, though heads be hoary, Vivas Schola Regia! Soon must come the day of dying; Soon our name and frame must perish. Yet shalt you, Death’s power defying, Still have hearts thy fame to cherish, Still shalt grow and still shalt flourish, Younger wrestlers’ strength outvying! Vivas Schola Regia!