Lines 40-66 Aenead book 2

Primus ibi ante omnes magna comitante caterva

Laocoon ardens summa decurrit ab arce

First there before all others a large crowd accompanying him

Laocoon ran down from the top of the citadel raging

et procul 'o miseri, quae tanta insania cives?

creditis avectos hostes? aut ulla putatis

and from afar "o wretched citizens, what great madness is this?

do you think the enemy have sailed away? or do you think that

dona carere dolis Danaum? sic notus Vlixes?

aut hoc inclusi ligno occultantur Achivi

any gifts of the greeks are without tricks? Is Ulysses not known for this?

either the Greeks are consealed enclosed in this wood

aut haec in nostros fabricata est machina muros

inspectura domos venturaque desuper urbi

or this machine has been built against our walls

to look over our walls into our homes and come down on the city from above

aut aliquis latet error; equo ne credite, Teucri.

quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes

or some other trick is hidden; you shoud not trust the horse Trojans

whatever it is, i fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts

sic fatus validis ingentem viribus hastam

in latus inque feri curvam compagibus alvum

having spoken thus he threw a mighty spear with great strength

into the side of the wild beast and into its curved framed belly

contorsit. stetit illa tremens, uteroque recusso

insonuere cauae gemitumque dedere cavernae.

It stayed there quivering, and from the womb which had been strucked

the hollow spaces echoed and the cavern gave a groan

et, si fata deum, si mens non laeva fuisset

impulerat ferro Argolicas foedare latebras

and if the fate of the gods, if our mindset had not been unfavourable

he would have driven us to defile the greek hiding places with swords

Troiaque nunc staret, Priamique arx alta maneres.

Ecce, manus iuvenem interea post terga revinctum

And Troy would still be standing now and you would remain high citadel of Priam

Look, meanwhile the Trojan shepherds were dragging a young man with his hands bound

pastores magno ad regem clamore trahebant

Dardanidae, qui se ignotum venientibus ultro

to the king amid loud shouting

who had offered himself as a stranger to them as they approached freely

hoc ipsum ut strueret Troiamque aperiret Archivis

obtulerat, fidens animi atque in utrumque paratus

In order to engineer this thing and open Troy to the Greeks

and confident in his mind and prepared for both outcomes

seu versare dolos seu certae occumbere morti.

undique visendi studio Troiana iuventus

whether to accomplish trickery or to meet with certain death

pouring out from everywhere in order to see him in their eagerness the Trojan youth

circumfusa ruit certantque inludere capto.

accipe nunc Danaum insidias et crimine ab uno

disce omnes.

rushed up and competed to mock the captured man

hear now all about the Greek ambush and learn about it all

from this one cry.