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COLLIS o Heliconii |
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O haunter of the Heliconian mount, |
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cultor, Vraniae genus, |
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Urania's son, |
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qui rapis teneram ad uirum |
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thou who bearest away the tender maid |
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uirginem, o Hymenaee Hymen, |
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to her bridegroom, O Hymenaeus Hymen, |
o Hymen Hymenaee; |
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O Hymen Hymenaeus! |
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cinge tempora floribus |
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Bind thy brows with the flowers |
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suaue olentis amaraci, |
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of fragrant marjoram, |
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flammeum cape laetus, huc |
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put on the marriage veil, hither, |
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huc ueni, niueo gerens |
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hither merrily come, wearing on thy snow-white |
luteum pede soccum; |
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foot the yellow shoe, |
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excitusque hilari die, |
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and wakened on this joyful day, |
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nuptialia concinens |
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singing with resonant voice |
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uoce carmina tinnula, |
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the nuptial songs, |
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pelle humum pedibus, manu |
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beat the ground with thy feet, |
pineam quate taedam. |
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shake with thy hand the pine torch. |
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namque Iunia Manlio, |
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For now shall Vinia wed with Manlius, |
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qualis Idalium colens |
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Vinia as fair as Venus |
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uenit ad Phrygium Venus |
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who dwells in Idalium, when she came |
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iudicem, bona cum bona |
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to the Phrygian judge; |
nubet alite uirgo, |
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a good maiden with a good omen |
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floridis uelut enitens |
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like the Asian myrtle |
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myrtus Asia ramulis |
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shining with flowering sprays, |
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quos Hamadryades deae |
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which the Hamadryad goddesses |
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ludicrum sibi roscido |
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with dewy moisture nourish |
nutriunt umore. |
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as a plaything for themselves. |
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quare age, huc aditum ferens, |
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Hither then, come hither, haste |
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perge linquere Thespiae |
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to leave the Aonian caves |
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rupis Aonios specus, |
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of the Thespian rock, |
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nympha quos super irrigat |
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which the nymph Aganippe besprinkles |
frigerans Aganippe. |
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with cooling shower from above; |
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ac domum dominam uoca |
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call to her home the lady of the house, |
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coniugis cupidam noui, |
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full of desire for her bridegroom; |
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mentem amore reuinciens, |
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bind her heart with love, |
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ut tenax hedera huc et huc |
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as here and there the clinging ivy |
arborem implicat errans. |
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straying clasps the tree. |
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uosque item simul, integrae |
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Ye too with me, unwedded |
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uirgines, quibus aduenit |
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virgins, for whom a like day |
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par dies, agite in modum |
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is coming, come, in measure |
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dicite, o Hymenaee Hymen, |
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say, "O Hymenaeus Hymen, |
o Hymen Hymenaee. |
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O Hymen Hymenaeus!" |
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ut libentius, audiens |
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that hearing himself summoned |
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se citarier ad suum |
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to his own office, the god may come |
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munus, huc aditum ferat |
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more readily hither, |
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dux bonae Veneris, boni |
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the herald of genial Venus, |
coniugator amoris. |
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the coupler of honest love. |
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quis deus magis est ama- |
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What god is more worthy to be invoked |
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tis petendus amantibus? |
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by lovers who are loved? |
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quem colent homines magis |
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whom of the heavenly ones shall men worship |
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caelitum, o Hymenaee Hymen, |
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more than thee? O Hymenaeus Hymen, |
o Hymen Hymenaee? |
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O Hymen Hymenaeus! |
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te suis tremulus parens |
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Thee for his children the aged father |
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inuocat, tibi uirgines |
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invokes, for thee the maidens loose |
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zonula soluunt sinus, |
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their garments from the girdle: |
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te timens cupida nouos |
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for thee the bridegroom listens fearfully |
captat aure maritus. |
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with eager ear. |
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tu fero iuueni in manus |
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Thou thyself givest into the hands |
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floridam ipse puellulam |
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of the fiery youth the blooming maiden |
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dedis a gremio suae |
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from her mother's bosom, |
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matris, o Hymenaee Hymen, |
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O Hymenaeus Hymen, |
o Hymen Hymenaee. |
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O Hymen Hymenaeus! |
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nil potest sine te Venus, |
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No pleasure can Venus take |
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fama quod bona comprobet, |
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without thee, such as honest fame |
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commodi capere, at potest |
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may approve, but can |
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te uolente. quis huic deo |
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if thou art willing. What god |
compararier ausit? |
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dare match himself with this god? |
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nulla quit sine te domus |
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No house without thee can |
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liberos dare, nec parens |
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give children, no parent rest |
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stirpe nitier; ac potest |
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on his offspring ; but all is well |
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te uolente. quis huic deo |
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if thou art willing. What god |
compararier ausit? |
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dare match himself with this god? |
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quae tuis careat sacris, |
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A land that should want thy sanctities |
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non queat dare praesides |
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would not be able to produce |
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terra finibus: at queat |
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guardians for its borders--but could |
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te uolente. quis huic deo |
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if thou art willing. What god |
compararier ausit? |
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dare match himself with this god? |