§6.751rursus et incipiant in corpora velle reverti. §6.752Dixerat Anchises, natumque unaque Sibyllam §6.753conventus trahit in medios turbamque sonantem, §6.754et tumulum capit, unde omnes longo ordine possit §6.755adversos legere, et venientum discere vultus.
"and begin to wish to return again into bodies." Anchises had spoken, and leads his son and with him the Sibyl into the midst of the gathering and the murmuring crowd, and takes his place on a mound, from where he could review them all in a long line face to face, and discern the features of those who came.
§6.756Nunc age, Dardaniam prolem quae deinde sequatur §6.757gloria, qui maneant Itala de gente nepotes, §6.758inlustris animas nostrumque in nomen ituras, §6.759expediam dictis, et te tua fata docebo.
"Come now, what glory shall henceforth follow the Dardan offspring, what descendants await you from the Italian race, illustrious souls destined to go under our name, I will unfold in words, and teach you your own fates.
§6.760Ille, vides, pura iuvenis qui nititur hasta, §6.761proxuma sorte tenet lucis loca, primus ad auras §6.762aetherias Italo commixtus sanguine surget, §6.763silvius, Albanum nomen, tua postuma proles, §6.764quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia coniunx §6.765educet silvis regem regumque parentem, §6.766unde genus Longa nostrum dominabitur Alba.
That youth, you see, who leans on a headless spear, holds by lot the place nearest to the light, and first to the breezes of heaven he shall rise, mingled with Italian blood, Silvius, of Alban name, your last-born child, whom late in your old age Lavinia your wife shall bring forth for you in the woods, a king and the father of kings, from whom our race shall rule in Alba Longa.
§6.767Proxumus ille Procas, Troianae gloria gentis, §6.768et Capys, et Numitor, et qui te nomine reddet §6.769Silvius Aeneas, pariter pietate vel armis §6.770egregius, si umquam regnandam acceperit Albam.
Next to him is Procas, the glory of the Trojan race, and Capys, and Numitor, and he who will restore your name, Silvius Aeneas, equal in piety and in arms excellent, if ever he should receive Alba to rule.
§6.771Qui iuvenes! Quantas ostentant, aspice, vires, §6.772atque umbrata gerunt civili tempora quercu!
What youths! See what great strength they show, and they wear their temples shaded with the civic oak!
§6.773Hi tibi Nomentum et Gabios urbemque Fidenam, §6.774hi Collatinas imponent montibus arces, §6.775Pometios Castrumque Inui Bolamque Coramque.
These shall build Nomentum and Gabii and the city of Fidena for you, these shall place the Collatine fortresses on the mountains, Pometii, and the Fort of Inuus, and Bola, and Cora.
§6.776Haec tum nomina erunt, nunc sunt sine nomine terrae.
These then shall be names, but now they are nameless lands.
§6.777Quin et avo comitem sese Mavortius addet §6.778Romulus, Assaraci quem sanguinis Ilia mater §6.779educet.
Nay, more, Romulus, child of Mavors, shall join as companion to his grandfather, whom his mother Ilia of Assaracus' blood shall bear.
Viden, ut geminae stant vertice cristae, §6.780et pater ipse suo superum iam signat honore?
Do you see how twin plumes stand on his crest, and his father himself already marks him for the gods above with his own honor?
§6.781En, huius, nate, auspiciis illa incluta Roma §6.782imperium terris, animos aequabit Olympo, §6.783septemque una sibi muro circumdabit arces, §6.784felix prole virum: qualis Berecyntia mater §6.785invehitur curru Phrygias turrita per urbes, §6.786laeta deum partu, centum complexa nepotes, §6.787omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes.
Lo, under his auspices, my son, that famous Rome shall make her empire equal to the earth, her spirit to Olympus, and, single city, shall compass seven hills with her wall, blessed in her brood of heroes: just as the Berecyntian mother with turreted crown is carried in her chariot through Phrygian cities, joyous in her divine offspring, embracing a hundred descendants, all sky-dwellers, all holding the high heavens.
Hither now turn your twin eyes, look upon this nation and your Romans.
Hic Caesar et omnis Iuli §6.790progenies magnum caeli ventura sub axem.
Here is Caesar and all the offspring of Iulus, destined to come beneath the great vault of heaven.
§6.791Hic vir, hic est, tibi quem promitti saepius audis, §6.792Augustus Caesar, Divi genus, aurea condet §6.793saecula qui rursus Latio regnata per arva §6.794Saturno quondam, super et Garamantas et Indos §6.795proferet imperium: iacet extra sidera tellus, §6.796extra anni solisque vias, ubi caelifer Atlas §6.797axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum.
This is the man, this is he, whom you so often hear promised to you, Augustus Caesar, son of a god, who shall establish a golden age again in Latium through the fields once ruled by Saturn, and shall extend his empire beyond both the Garamantes and the Indians: there lies a land beyond the stars, beyond the paths of the year and the sun, where sky-bearing Atlas turns on his shoulder the heaven fitted with burning stars.
§6.798Huius in adventum iam nunc et Caspia regna §6.799responsis horrent divom et Maeotia tellus, §6.800et septemgemini turbant trepida ostia Nili.
At his approach even now both the Caspian kingdoms shudder at the responses of the gods, and the Maeotian land, and the trembling mouths of the sevenfold Nile are in turmoil.
§6.801Nec vero Alcides tantum telluris obivit, §6.802fixerit aeripedem cervam licet, aut Erymanthi §6.803pacarit nemora, et Lernam tremefecerit arcu; §6.804nec, qui pampineis victor iuga flectit habenis, §6.805Liber, agens celso Nysae de vertice tigres.
Nor indeed did Alcides traverse so much of the earth, though he pierced the bronze-footed hind, or appeased the groves of Erymanthus, and made Lerna tremble with his bow; nor Liber, who guides his car with reins of vine-leaves in triumph, driving his tigers down from Nysa's lofty peak.
§6.806Et dubitamus adhuc virtute extendere vires, §6.807aut metus Ausonia prohibet consistere terra?
And do we still hesitate to extend our power by valor, or does fear forbid us to settle in the Ausonian land?
But who is he yonder, distinguished by branches of olive, bearing sacred things?
§6.810regis Romani, primus qui legibus urbem §6.811fundabit, Curibus parvis et paupere terra §6.812missus in imperium magnum.
I recognize the hair and hoary chin of the Roman king, who first shall establish the city with laws, sent from tiny Cures and a poor land into a great empire.
Cui deinde subibit, §6.813otia qui rumpet patriae residesque movebit §6.814Tullus in arma viros et iam desueta triumphis §6.815agmina.
Next after him Tullus shall succeed, who shall break the peace of his country, and shall rouse to arms sluggish men and armies now unaccustomed to triumphs.
Quem iuxta sequitur iactantior Ancus, §6.816nunc quoque iam nimium gaudens popularibus auris.
Next to him follows more boastful Ancus, even now too much delighting in popular favor.
Do you wish to see also the Tarquin kings, and the proud soul of Brutus the avenger, and the recovered fasces?
§6.819Consulis imperium hic primus saevasque secures §6.820accipiet, natosque pater nova bella moventes §6.821ad poenam pulchra pro libertate vocabit.
He first shall receive the consular power and the cruel axes, and the father, for the sake of beautiful liberty, shall call his sons to punishment for stirring up new wars.
§6.822Infelix, utcumque ferent ea facta minores, §6.823vincet amor patriae laudumque immensa cupido.
Unhappy man, however posterity shall bear those deeds, love of country shall conquer and the boundless desire for praise.
§6.824Quin Decios Drusosque procul saevumque securi §6.825aspice Torquatum et referentem signa Camillum.
Nay, look at the Decii and Drusi far off, and Torquatus savage with his axe, and Camillus bringing back the standards.
§6.826Illae autem, paribus quas fulgere cernis in armis,
But those souls, whom you see shining in equal armor—