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Crux fidelis, inter omnes
arbor una nobilis:
nulla silva talem profert,
fronde, flore, germine.
Dulce lignum, dulces clavos,
dulce pondus sustinet.
Korean translation
구더운 십자가
최상의 십자가
독존한 나무여.
어떤 나무가 너와 같이
잎을 꽃을 싹을 맺으랴.
달콤한 나무, 달콤한 쇠못,
네가 지탱하는 달콤한 무게.
English translation
Faithful cross, above all other,
One and only noble tree:
None in foliage, none in blossom,
None in fruit thy peer may be.
Sweetest wood and sweetest iron,
Sweetest weight is hung on thee!
English translation
Faithful Cross,
among (them) all,
the one noble tree/trunk;
the wood offers nothing so great
in flower, foliage/frond, (or) sprout.
Sweet wood, sweet nail (or iron, depending on whether you're singing clavi or ferrum),
sustaining sweet weight!