M. At nōs hinc aliī sitientīs ībimus Afrōs,
pars Scythiam et rapidum crētae veniēmus Oaxen65
et penitus tōtō dīvīsōs orbe Britannōs.
ēn umquam patriōs longō post tempore fīnīs
pauperis et tugurī congestum caespite culmen,
post aliquot, mea rēgna, vidēns mīrābor aristās?
impius haec tam culta novālia mīles habēbit,70
barbarus hās segetēs. ēn quō discordia cīvīs
prōdūxit miserōs: hīs nōs cōnsēvimus agrōs!
īnsere nunc, Meliboee, pirōs, pōne ōrdine vītēs.
īte meae, felix quondam pecus, īte capellae.
nōn ego vōs posthac viridī prōiectus in antrō75
dūmōsā pendēre procul dē rūpe vidēbō;
carmina nūlla canam; nōn mē pāscente, capellae,
flōrentem cytisum et salicēs carpētis amārās.
T. Hīc tamen hanc mēcum poterās requiēscere noctem
fronde super viridī: sunt nōbīs mītia pōma,80
castaneae mollēs et pressī cōpia lactis,
et iam summa procul vīllārum culmina fūmant
māiōrēsque cadunt altīs dē montibus umbrae.
notes
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vocabulary
hinc: from here, hence; henceforth
sitiō sitīre sitīvī: to be thirsty
Āfer Āfra Āfrum: African; (subst.) an African
Scythia –ae f.: Scythia
rapidus –a –um: swift, quick
Crēta –ae f.: clay, chalk
Oaxēs –is m.: the Oaxes river
penitus or penitē: inwardly, deeply, far within
Britannī –ōrum m.: Britons
ēn: look!
patrius –a –um: father's, paternal; ancestral
tugurium –ī n.: a hut, cottage
con-gerō gerere gessī gestum: to bring together, heap up
caespes –itis f.: turf, sod
culmen –inis n.: a top; house top, roof
aliquot: some, several
arista –ae f.: wheat, a head of wheat
impius –a –um: disloyal, wicked
culta –ōrum n.: plowed fields; fields
novālis novāle: plowed, cultivated
seges –etis f.: a field of grain; crop
discordia discordiae f.: disunion, discord; strife
prōdūcō prōdūcere prōdūxī prōductus: to lead forth, lead forward, bring out
cōn-serō serere sēvī situm: to sow, plant
īn-serō serere seruī sertum: to implant, graft
Meliboeus –ī m.: Meliboeus
pirus –ī f.: a pear-tree
vītis –is f.: a vine, grape-vine
capella capellae f.: she-goat
posthāc: after this, hereafter
viridis –e: green
prōiciō –icere iēcī –iectum: to cast forth; stretch out
antrum –ī n.: a cave, cavern, grotto
dūmōsus –a –um: full of thorn-bushes, bushy
pendeō pendēre pependī: to hang, hang down
rūpēs –is f.: a rock, cliff
pāscō pāscere pāvī pāstum: to nourish, feed
capella capellae f.: she-goat
flōreō flōrēre flōruī: to flourish, blossom
cytisus –ī m.: a kind of clover, shrubby clover
salix –icis f.: a willow-tree, willow
carpō carpere carpsī carptum: to pluck, seize
amārus –a –um: bitter; harsh
requiēscō requiēscere requiēvī requiētum: to rest
frōns frondis f.: a leaf; leafage
viridis –e: green
mītis mīte: mild, ripe
pōmum –ī n.: fruit
castanea –ae f.: the chestnut tree; a chestnut
lac –lactis n.: milk
summa summae f.: peak, summit
villa villae f.: country home; villa
culmen –inis n.: top; house top, roof
fūmō fūmāre fūmāvī fūmātus: to smoke