Vergil
Dilara Canturk /
- Created on 2020-06-04 23:11:01
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At iuvenis vicisse dolo ratus avolat ipse
( haud mora ) , conversisque fugax aufertur habenis
quadripedemque citum ferrata calce fatigat .
" Vane Ligus frustraque animis elate superbis ,
nequiquam patrias temptasti lubricus artes ,
nec fraus te incolumem fallaci perferet Auno . "
Haec fatur virgo , et pernicibus ignea plantis
transit equum cursu frenisque adversa prehensis
congreditur poenasque inimico ex sanguine sumit :
quam facile accipiter saxo sacer ales ab alto
consequitur pennis sublimem in numbe columbam
comprensamque tenet pedibusque eviscerat uncis ;
tum cruor et vulsae labuntur ab aethere plumae .
( haud mora ) , conversisque fugax aufertur habenis
quadripedemque citum ferrata calce fatigat .
" Vane Ligus frustraque animis elate superbis ,
nequiquam patrias temptasti lubricus artes ,
nec fraus te incolumem fallaci perferet Auno . "
Haec fatur virgo , et pernicibus ignea plantis
transit equum cursu frenisque adversa prehensis
congreditur poenasque inimico ex sanguine sumit :
quam facile accipiter saxo sacer ales ab alto
consequitur pennis sublimem in numbe columbam
comprensamque tenet pedibusque eviscerat uncis ;
tum cruor et vulsae labuntur ab aethere plumae .
But the youth , sure he had won by guile , sped off
( instantly ) , flicking his reins , took to flight ,
pricking his horse to a gallop with spurs of steel .
The girl shouted : ‘Stupid Ligurian , uselessly vaunting
your boastful spirit , you’ve tried your slippery native wiles
in vain , and cunning won’t carry you back to Aunus unharmed . ’
And like lightening she intercepted the horse’s path , on swift feet ,
and seizing the reins from in front tackled him , and took vengeance
On the blood she hated : as light as a falcon , Apollo’s sacred bird ,
swooping from a tall rock , overtaking a dove in flight in the high cloud ,
holding her in its talons , and tearing her heart out with its curved talons :
while blood and torn feathers shower from the sky .
( instantly ) , flicking his reins , took to flight ,
pricking his horse to a gallop with spurs of steel .
The girl shouted : ‘Stupid Ligurian , uselessly vaunting
your boastful spirit , you’ve tried your slippery native wiles
in vain , and cunning won’t carry you back to Aunus unharmed . ’
And like lightening she intercepted the horse’s path , on swift feet ,
and seizing the reins from in front tackled him , and took vengeance
On the blood she hated : as light as a falcon , Apollo’s sacred bird ,
swooping from a tall rock , overtaking a dove in flight in the high cloud ,
holding her in its talons , and tearing her heart out with its curved talons :
while blood and torn feathers shower from the sky .
But the youth , thinks he had won by a trick , ran away ( no delay ) , the fleeing one flying quickly and grabbing his reins .
The quickly weary horse worn from the steel spurs .
" Empty and deceiving Lingurian ' s arrogant spirit , y
our slippery tricks were in vain , and fraudulence will not carry you back to Aunus . "
The maiden speaks , and on quick feet , crossed the horse ' s path , took it by the reins , to get the revenge from blood she accepted from the enemy .
Which was the sacred bird , swooped down from a rock on high ,
pursuing a pigeon from a high cloud ,
Embraced and held it with its talons and disemboweled it ;
Then blood and torn feathers fell from the sky .
The quickly weary horse worn from the steel spurs .
" Empty and deceiving Lingurian ' s arrogant spirit , y
our slippery tricks were in vain , and fraudulence will not carry you back to Aunus . "
The maiden speaks , and on quick feet , crossed the horse ' s path , took it by the reins , to get the revenge from blood she accepted from the enemy .
Which was the sacred bird , swooped down from a rock on high ,
pursuing a pigeon from a high cloud ,
Embraced and held it with its talons and disemboweled it ;
Then blood and torn feathers fell from the sky .