Latin Song Translation: All Time High by Rita Coolidge

The theme to the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy, translated into Latin

I’m going through another short “Bond” phase in my personal life, (i.e. I picked up another novel in the series) so I thought it would be fun to translate a song from the movies this week. It might have made more sense to start with one of the Shirley Bassey themes, considering how iconic they are, but if people are interested in seeing more then that incentivizes me to continue the series. Besides, Octopussy is totally underrated in almost every metric, and giving it a little more love can’t hurt. If you’d like more Bond themes, sound off in the comments.

A te modo cupivi mentem paulisper distrahi,
Non affectavi tecum adamare.
Dicunt amorem venire cum videre desinis.
Nostri generum sumus; coiimus.
Altissimus sumus,
Regulas mutabimus.
Et quod facimus plus quam amor est.
Altissimus sumus,
Cum orbe certabimus,
Ergo mox simul fugiamus.
Noli dissipare aliquam temporam dormiendo,
Tam fortis altaque tecum sentio.
Dudum simila verba dixi, sed iam comprehendi,
Meum pectus solum tum fallere me.
Altissimus sumus,
Regulas mutabimus.
Et quod facimus plus quam amor est.
Altissimus sumus,
Cum orbe certabimus,
Ergo mox simul fugiamus.
Ergo mox simul fugiamus.
Altissimus sumus.