Quod superest, ubi pulsam hiemem sōl aureus ēgit
sub terrās caelumque aestīvā lūce reclūsit,
illae continuō saltūs silvāsque peragrant
purpureōsque metunt flōrēs et flūmina lībant
summa levēs. Hinc nesciō quā dulcēdine laetae55
prōgeniem nīdōsque fovent, hinc arte recentēs
excūdunt cērās et mella tenācia fingunt.
Hinc ubi iam ēmissum caveīs ad sīdera caelī
nāre per aestātem liquidam suspexeris agmen
obscūramque trahī ventō mīrābere nūbem,60
contemplātor: aquās dulcēs et frondea semper
tecta petunt. Hūc tū iussōs asperge sapōrēs,
trīta melisphylla et cērinthae ignōbile grāmen,
tinnītūsque cie et Matris quate cymbala circum.
ipsae consīdent medicātīs sēdibus, ipsae65
intima mōre suō sēsē in cūnābula condent.
vocabulary
aestīvus –a –um: of summer
reclūdō –ere –clūsī –clūsus: open, throw open
continuō: immediately
saltus saltūs m.: glade, forest pasture, thicket
peragrō peragrāre peragrāvī peragrātus: go through fields or lands, traverse
purpureus –a –um: purple, scarlet, violet
metō metere messuī messus: gather, harvest
lībō libāre libāvī libātus: taste, sip
hinc: from here55
nescioquis –qua –quid (also written as two words): some
dulcēdō –inis f.: sweetness, delight
prōgeniēs prōgenieī f.: offspring, lineage
nīdus –ī m.: nest, brood
foveō fovēre fōvī fōtus: warm, maintain, cherish, protect
hinc: from here
excūdō –ere –cūdī –cūsus: exude, discharge, sweat out
cēra –ae f.: wax
mel mellis n.: honey
tenāx –ācis: sticky, viscous, tenacious
hinc: from here
ēmittō ēmittere ēmīsī ēmīssus: send out
cavea –ae f.: hive; hollow place
nō nāre nāvī: swim, fly
aestās aestātis f.: summer, summer air
liquidus –a –um: liquid, clear
suspiciō suspicere suspexī suspectus: recognize, behold, admire
obscūrus –a –um: dark, obscure60
nūbēs nūbis f.: cloud
contemplor –ārī contemplātus sum: look at, study, gaze upon
frondeus –a –um: covered with leaves, leafy
aspergō –ere –spersī –spersus: sprinkle upon
sapor –ōris m.: flavor, taste
terō terere trīvī trītus: rub away, wear down
melisphyllum –ī n.: balm
cērintha –ae f.: honeywort, wax flower
ignōbilis –e: unknown, undistinguished
grāmen –inis n.: grass
tinnītus –ūs m.: jingling, rattling
cieō ciēre cīvī citus: shake, move
quatiō quatere quassī quassus: shake
cymbalum –ī n.: cymbal
circum: around (adv.)
cōnsīdō cōnsīdere cōnsēdī cōnsessus: sit down, settle65
medicō medicāre medicāvī medicātus: treat, medicate, steep
interior –ius: nearer, deeper
cūnabula –ōrum n.: cradle, birthplace