§5.1Interea medium Aeneas iam classe tenebat §5.2certus iter, fluctusque atros Aquilone secabat, §5.3moenia respiciens, quae iam infelicis Elissae §5.4conlucent flammis.
Meanwhile Aeneas with his fleet was now holding his course directly on the deep, resolute on his journey, and was cutting the dark waves with the North Wind, looking back at the walls which now gleamed with the flames of unhappy Elissa.
Quae tantum accenderit ignem, §5.5causa latet; duri magno sed amore dolores §5.6polluto, notumque, furens quid femina possit, §5.7triste per augurium Teucrorum pectora ducunt.
Of what cause had kindled so great a fire the cause remains hidden; but the harsh pains of a great love defiled, and the knowledge of what a raging woman can do, lead the hearts of the Trojans through sad foreboding.
§5.8Ut pelagus tenuere rates, nec iam amplius ulla §5.9occurrit tellus, maria undique et undique caelum, §5.10olli caeruleus supra caput adstitit imber, §5.11noctem hiememque ferens, et inhorruit unda tenebris.
When the ships held the deep, and no longer any land appeared, with seas on all sides and sky on all sides, a dark rain-cloud stood above his head, bringing night and storm, and the wave shuddered with darkness.
Palinurus the pilot himself cried from the high stern: "Alas! why have such great storm-clouds girdled the sky?
§5.14Quidve, pater Neptune, paras?
Sic deinde locutus §5.15colligere arma iubet validisque incumbere remis, §5.16obliquatque sinus in ventum, ac talia fatur: §5.17Magnanime Aenea, non, si mihi Iuppiter auctor §5.18spondeat, hoc sperem Italiam contingere caelo.
Or what, father Neptune, are you preparing?" Having thus spoken, next he orders them to gather the tackle and bend to the strong oars, and he turns the sails slantwise into the wind, and speaks as follows: "Magnanimous Aeneas, not even if Jupiter as guarantor should promise it to me, could I hope to reach Italy with this sky.
§5.19Mutati transversa fremunt et vespere ab atro §5.20consurgunt venti, atque in nubem cogitur aër.
The winds have shifted and roar athwart us, and from the dark west they rise up, and the air is thickened into cloud.
We are neither able to struggle against them, nor to make enough progress.
Superat quoniam Fortuna, sequamur, §5.23quoque vocat, vertamus iter.
Since Fortune overcomes us, let us follow, and wherever she calls, let us turn our course.
Nec litora longe §5.24fida reor fraterna Erycis portusque Sicanos, §5.25si modo rite memor servata remetior astra. §5.26Tum pius Aeneas:
Equidem sic poscere ventos §5.27iamdudum et frustra cerno te tendere contra: §5.28Flecte viam velis.
Nor far away, I think, are the faithful shores of your brother Eryx and the Sicanian ports, if only, rightly remembering, I retrace the stars I watched." Then pious Aeneas spoke: "Indeed, that the winds so demand, I have long seen, and that you struggle against them in vain: Bend your course with the sails.
An sit mihi gratior ulla, §5.29quove magis fessas optem demittere naves, §5.30quam quae Dardanium tellus mihi servat Acesten, §5.31et patris Anchisae gremio complectitur ossa? §5.32Haec ubi dicta, petunt portus, et vela secundi §5.33intendunt Zephyri; fertur cita gurgite classis, §5.34et tandem laeti notae advertuntur harenae.
Could any land be more welcome to me, or where would I more wish to bring in my weary ships, than that which keeps Dardanian Acestes for me, and embraces in its bosom the bones of my father Anchises?" When these things were said, they seek the ports, and the favorable Zephyrs stretch the sails; the fleet is borne swiftly on the deep, and at last, rejoicing, they turn towards the familiar shores.
§5.35At procul ex celso miratus vertice montis §5.36adventum sociasque rates occurrit Acestes, §5.37horridus in iaculis et pelle Libystidis ursae, §5.38Troïa Criniso conceptum flumine mater §5.39quem genuit: veterum non immemor ille parentum §5.40gratatur reduces, et gaza laetus agresti §5.41excipit, ac fessos opibus solatur amicis.
But from afar, from the high summit of a mountain, wondering at their arrival and the friendly ships, Acestes runs to meet them, rough with javelins and the skin of a Libyan bear, whom a Trojan mother bore, conceived by the river Crinisus: he, not unmindful of his ancient parents, welcomes them on their return, and rejoices to receive them with rustic wealth, and comforts the weary ones with friendly resources.
§5.42Postera cum primo stellas Oriente fugarat §5.43clara dies, socios in coetum litore ab omni §5.44advocat Aeneas, tumulique ex aggere fatur: §5.45Dardanidae magni, genus alto a sanguine divom, §5.46annuus exactis completur mensibus orbis, §5.47ex quo reliquias divinique ossa parentis §5.48Condidimus terra maestasque sacravimus aras.
When on the next day the bright dawn had routed the stars with the first rising sun, Aeneas summons his companions to an assembly from the whole shore, and speaks from the mound of a hillock: "Great Trojans, a race from the high blood of gods, a yearly circle is completed with the months fulfilled, since we committed to the earth the remains and bones of my divine parent and consecrated mournful altars.
§5.49Iamque dies, nisi fallor, adest, quem semper acerbum, §5.50semper honoratum—sic di voluistis—habebo.
And now the day is here, unless I am mistaken, which I shall always hold as bitter, always honored—so you, gods, have willed.
§5.51Hunc ego Gaetulis agerem si Syrtibus exsul, §5.52Argolicove mari deprensus et urbe Mycenae; §5.53annua vota tamen sollemnisque ordine pompas §5.54exsequerer, strueremque suis altaria donis.
If I were spending this day as an exile on the Gaetulian Syrtes, or caught on the Argolic sea and in the city of Mycenae; I would still perform my yearly vows and solemn processions in order, and would heap the altars with their proper gifts.
§5.55Nunc ultro ad cineres ipsius et ossa parentis, §5.56haud equidem sine mente, reor, sine numine divom, §5.57adsumus et portus delati intramus amicos.
Now, moreover, at the very ashes and bones of my parent, not indeed, I think, without the purpose and divine will of the gods, we are present, and having been carried here, we enter friendly ports.
§5.58Ergo agite, et laetum cuncti celebremus honorem; §5.59poscamus ventos; atque haec me sacra quotannis §5.60urbe velit posita templis sibi ferre dicatis.
Therefore come, and let us all celebrate this joyful honor; let us pray for winds, and may he wish that I perform these sacred rites yearly, when our city is established, in temples dedicated to him.
§5.61Bina boum vobis Troia generatus Acestes §5.62dat numero capita in naves; adhibete Penates §5.63et patrios epulis et quos colit hospes Acestes.
Acestes, born of Trojan race, gives you two heads of cattle by number for each ship; invite to the feast the Penates both of our fatherland and those whom our host Acestes worships.
§5.64Praeterea, si nona diem mortalibus almum §5.65Aurora extulerit radiisque retexerit orbem, §5.66prima citae Teucris ponam certamina classis; §5.67quique pedum cursu valet, et qui viribus audax §5.68aut iaculo incedit melior levibusque sagittis, §5.69seu crudo fidit pugnam committere caestu, §5.70cuncti adsint, meritaeque exspectent praemia palmae.
Furthermore, if the ninth Dawn shall bring forth a genial day for mortals and lay open the world with her rays, I will first establish for the Trojans contests of the swift fleet; and whoever is strong in the foot-race, and whoever, daring in strength, either steps forward better with the javelin and light arrows, or trusts to join battle with the raw-hide boxing-glove, let all be present, and expect the rewards of the well-deserved palm.
§5.71Ore favete omnes, et cingite tempora ramis. §5.72Sic fatus, velat materna tempora myrto; §5.73hoc Elymus facit, hoc aevi maturus Acestes, §5.74hoc puer Ascanius, sequitur quos cetera pubes.
Keep silence, all of you, and bind your temples with branches." Having thus spoken, he veils his temples with his mother's myrtle; this Elymus does, this Acestes mature in years, this the boy Ascanius, whom the rest of the youth follow.
He went from the assembly with many thousands to the mound, in the midst of a great accompanying crowd.