Latin Prose U6 - Aeneid 4

Ut primum alatis tetigit magalia plantis,
Aenean fundantem arces ac tecta novantem
conspicit;

As soon as he reached the huts with his winged feet,

he caught sight of Aeneas laying the foundations and building new houses;

atque illi stellatus iaspide fulva
ensis erat, Tyrioque ardebat murice laena
demissa ex umeris, dives quae munera Dido
fecerat, et tenui telas discreverat auro.

and he had a sword studded with yellow jasper,

and his cloak was glowing with Tyrian purple hanging from his shoulders,

a gift which rich Dido had made, and she had woven the threads with fine gold.

Continuo invadit: “Tu nunc Karthaginis altae
fundamenta locas, pulchramque uxorius urbem
exstruis, heu regni rerumque oblite tuarum?

At once he challenged him: “are you now laying the foundations of lofty Carthage, and building a beautiful city under your wife’s control, alas have you forgotten your kingdom and your own affairs?

Ipse deum tibi me claro demittit Olympo
regnator, caelum ac terras qui numine torquet;

ipse haec ferre iubet celeris mandata per auras:

quid struis, aut qua spe Libycis teris otia terris?

the ruler of the gods himself sends me down to you from bright Olympus,

he who controls the sky and the lands with his divine power;

he himself orders me to bring these orders on the swift breeze:

what are you planning? Or with what hope are you wasting time in the Libyan lands?

Si te nulla movet tantarum gloria rerum,
nec super ipse tua moliris laude laborem,
Ascanium surgentem et spes heredis Iuli
respice, cui regnum Italiae Romanaque tellus
debentur.”

If the glory of such great things does not move you,

and you are not yourself toiling at the work for your own praise,

consider the growing Ascanius and the hopes of your heir Julius, to whom the kingdom of Italy the the Roman land is owed.”