Anno Domini was lost with Latin.
Adeste fideles, ad prima lux,
venite adoremus dominum.
Christus natus est. All lost with latin.

Who understands why Wenceslas was good?
Because he brought a poor man wine and bread?
Symbolic food. He could have had his head
for stealing wood on the king’s land. Instead
he took his cue from the divine; the Lord
of lords. Kingly forbearance, forgiveness,
grace, humility, celebrated in
chorus angelorum - lost with Latin
prayers of the Saints, the wisdom of wise men.

We comprehend so much more in the stars
here in the common era of TV,
information highways, rovers on Mars.

We comprehend so much and yet mistake
knowledge for wisdom, confidence for truth.
Anno Domini? Lost in translation.