‘Nōn tē nūllīūs exercent nūminis īrae; 

magna luis commissa: tibi hās miserābilis Orpheus 

haudquāquam ob meritum poenās, nī fāta resistant,455 

suscitat, et raptā graviter prō coniuge saevit. 

Illa quidem, dum tē fugeret per flūmina praeceps, 

immānem ante pedēs hydrum moritūra puella 

servantem rīpās altā nōn vīdit in herbā. 

At chorus aequālis Dryadum clāmōre suprēmōs460 

implēvit montēs; flērunt Rhodopēiae arcēs 

altaque Pangaea et Rhēsī Māvortia tellūs 

atque Getae atque Hebrus et Actias Ōrīthȳīa. 

Ipse cavā sōlāns aegrum testūdine amōrem 

tē, dulcis coniūnx, tē sōlō in lītore sēcum,465 

tē veniente diē, tē dēcēdente canēbat. 

luō luere luī lūtus: pay for, atone for

commissum –ī n.: undertaking; offense, fault, crime

miserābilis –e: deplorable, miserable

Orpheus –eī m.: Orpheus (name)

haudquāquam: by no means, not at all455

meritum meritī n.: what is deserved, what is due

resistō resistere restitī: oppose, resist, stop

suscitō suscitāre suscitāvī suscitātus: stir up

graviter: heavily, strongly

saeviō saevīre saeviī saevitus: rage

praeceps praecipitis: headlong, swift, rushing

immānis immāne: huge, monstrous

hydrus –ī m.: water-serpent

herba herbae f.: grass, herb

chorus –ī m.: group of dancers460

aequālis –e: of the same age

Dryades –um f.: dryads, wood-nymphs

Rhodopēus –a –um: Rhodopeian, of Mt. Rhodope

Pangaea –ōrum n.: Pangaeus, a mountain in Thrace

Rhēsus –ī m.: Rhesus (name)

Māvortius –a –um: of Mars

Getae –ārum m.: Getae, a tribe of Northern Thrace

Hēbrus –ī m.: Hebrus (river)

Actias –adis f.: Attic, Athenian

Ōrīthyia –ae f.: Orithyia (name)

cavus –a –um: hollow

sōlor sōlārī sōlātus sum: console

testūdō –inis f.: tortoise; lyre

dēcēdō dēcēdere dēcessī dēcessus: depart, subside, wane

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