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Floreas Fettesia

Quid canemus hodie? What shall we sing today?
Nostro quid in carmine? What shall be our song?
Te juvat laudare, te, It is our noble delight to praise you,
Nobilis Fettesia. Noble Fettes.
Floreas, Fettesia. May you flourish, Fettes!
   
Situ stas mirabili, You stand on a wonderful site
Grandis instar palati Like a great palace,
Ubivis conspicui, Conspicuous everywhere,
Nobilis etc. Noble, etc.
   
Teque venti, quotquot sunt, And all the winds there are
Vehementer diligunt, Wildly love you.

Euri raro deserunt.

The East winds rarely desert you,

Nobilis, etc.

Noble, etc.
   

Nec amore te minus

And no less with our devotion

Nos alumni colimus

We, your sons and daughters, love you
Animis fidelibus With faithful hearts,
Nobilis, etc. Noble, etc.
   
Mox abimus juvenes, Soon we go away still young,
Redituri fors senes, To return perhaps in old age,
Tui tamen memores, But remembering you,
Nobilis, etc. Noble, etc.
   
Augeant alumni te. May your sons and daughters bring you glory.
Adjuvet fortuna te. May fortune help you.
Deus tueatur te, May God protect you,
Nobilis, etc. Noble, etc.