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Delphinus occurrit
The dolphin approached him
et nunc praecedere puerum
And now swam in front of the boy
nunc sequi,
now followed him,
Nunc circumire,
Now went around him,
postremo subire,
Finally it took him on its back
deponere
Then put him down
iterum subire
And then took him on its back again
trepidantemque perferre
and carried the frightened boy
primum in altum,
First of all right into the deep
Mox flecit
Soon turned around
ad litus
Back to shore
Redditque terrae.
And returned him to land.
Serpit per coloniam fama:
rumours about this crept through the community
concurrere omnes,
they all flocked together
Ipsum puerum
Looked at the boy himself
Tamquam miraculum
As if he were some marvel
interrogare, audire, narrare
Asked questions, listened and passed on the story to others.
postero die
the following day
Obsident litus
They mobbed the shore
prospectant mare
They looked out at the sea
Et si quid mari simile
and anything that was like the sea.
natant pueri
the boys swam out
Inter hos ille
Among them the same boy
Sed cautius
But more cautiously
Delphinus rursus
The dolphin came back
Ad temptus
at the same time
rursus ad puerum venit.
and to the same boy
fugit ille cum ceteris.
He ran away with the rest
Quasi invitet et revocet
As if inviting and calling him back
exsilit
(the dolphin) leapt out of the water
mergitur
And dived back in
Vario orbes implicat expeditque
And perfomed all sorts of somersaults
Hoc altero die
this happened again on the next day
Hoc tertio
And on the third day
Hoc pluribus
And on several others
donec
until
homines innutritos mari
the people brought up by the sea
Subiret timendi pudor
Began to be ashamed of being afraid
Accedunt et adludunt
They approached it, played with it
et appellant
and called to it
tangunt etiam pertrectantque praebentem
they even touched and handled it as it offered itself
crescit audacia experimento
Their courage grew with experience
Maxime puer
Especially the boy
Qui primus expertus est
Who was first to experience it
Adnatat natanti
Swam towards the swimming (dolphin)
insilit tergo
leapt on its back
fertur referturque
and is carried to and fro
Putat agnosci se, amari putat
He thinks he is recognised and loved
Amat ipse
And he returned the affection
Neuter timet
Neither was afraid
Neuter timetur
neither caused fear in the other
Huius fiducia
The confidence of the one
mansuetudo illius
and the tameness of the other
augetur.
grew
Nec non alii pueri
Other boys also
Simul eunt
went with him
dextra laevaque
on right and left
Hortantes monentesque.
encouraging and advising him
Ibat una delphinus alius
Another dolphin went along with it
(id quoque mirum)
and this is also amazing
tantum spectator et comes.
But only to watch and accompany the other.