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Olli subridens hominum sator atque deorum,
255voltu, quo caelum tempestatesque serenat,
oscula libavit natae, dehinc talia fatur:
Smiling at-her (olli = archaic) [Venus], the father of gods and men (Epic phrasing) [Jupiter],
255 with the expression with which he clears up sky and stormy weather, gave his daughter a kiss, then he speaks as follows:
"Parce metu, Cytherea: manent immota tuorum
fata tibi; cernes urbem et promissa Lavini
moenia, sublimemque feres ad sidera caeli
260magnanimum Aenean; neque me sententia vertit.
“Refrain from fear, Cytherean, as for you [ethnic dative], the fate of your people [tuorum] remains secure [immota]. You will see the city of Lavinia and its promised walls; you will raise aloft [sublimem] 260 great-hearted Aeneas to the stars of the sky; and this decree does not change me.
Hic tibi (fabor enim, quando haec te cura remordet,
longius et volvens fatorum arcana movebo)
This man [hic], I will tell you [ethic dative] (for [enim] I will speak at length, since this care is eating you up and I will set in motion [volvens] and reveal [movebo] the secrets of fate)
bellum ingens geret Italia, populosque feroces
contundet, moresque viris et moenia ponet,
265tertia dum Latio regnantem viderit aestas,
ternaque transierint Rutulis hiberna subactis.
will wage a mighty war in Italy, will crush fierce people, and will establish customs/laws [mores] and a city for men, 265 until a third summer [i.e., three years until he dies] sees him ruling in Latium, and three winters will have passed over, the Rutulians [an indigenous Italian people] having been subdued [abl abs. Rutulis subactis].
At puer Ascanius, cui nunc cognomen Iulo
additur,—Ilus erat, dum res stetit Ilia regno,—
triginta magnos volvendis mensibus orbis
270imperio explebit, regnumque ab sede Lavini
transferet, et longam multa vi muniet Albam.
But his boy Ascanius, to whom from now on the name [cognomen] Iulus is added (he was Ilus, as long as Ilia (Troy) stood in sovereignty [res].), in his rule will complete 30 great cycles [= 30 years] (magnos orbis acc. time how long) with the months rolling by (abl abs: volvendis mensibus), 270 and he will transfer his kingdom from its seat in Lavinium, and he will fortify Alba Longa with much strength.
Hic iam ter centum totos regnabitur annos
gente sub Hectorea, donec regina sacerdos,
Marte gravis, geminam partu dabit Ilia prolem.
From here on, there will be a kingdom for three hundred whole years under the people of Hector, until the queen-priestess [regina sacerdos] Ilia, pregnant by Mars, will give birth to twin offspring [geminam prolem].
Inde lupae fulvo nutricis tegmine laetus
Romulus excipiet gentem, et Mavortia condet
moenia, Romanosque suo de nomine dicet.
Then Romulus, rejoicing in the tawny skin of the she-wolf his nurse, will take over the people and will found the city of Mars [Marvortia…moenia] and call them Romans from his own name.
His ego nec metas rerum nec tempora pono;
For these people I will appoint neither limits nor time of the empire.
imperium sine fine dedi.
I have given them empire without end.
Quin aspera Iuno, 280quae mare nunc terrasque metu caelumque fatigat,
consilia in melius referet, mecumque fovebit
Romanos rerum dominos gentemque togatam:
sic placitum.
why, even harsh Juno, who is now tormenting sea and land and sky in her fear [because of], will change her plans [consilia]
for the better and will cherish the Romans along with me [as I do], the lords of the world, the peoaple wearing a toga.
sic placitum.
Thus has this been decided
Veniet lustris labentibus aetas,
cum domus Assaraci Phthiam clarasque Mycenas
285servitio premet, ac victis dominabitur Argis.
The age [aetas] will come as the sacred seasons glide along [lustris labentibus] when the house of Assaracus will crush Phthia and distinguishing Mycenae with slavery [servitio] and will be master [dominabitur] in defeated defeated Argos.
Nascetur pulchra Troianus origine Caesar,
imperium oceano, famam qui terminet astris,—
Iulius, a magno demissum nomen Iulo.
There will be born a Trojan Caesar from a beautiful lineage [pulchra…origine], who is to bound his empire by Ocean [i.e., the entire planet], and his fame by the stars [dead people who become gods dwell as stars in the sky] , Julius, the name descended from great Iulus.
Hunc tu olim caelo, spoliis Orientis onustum,
290accipies secura;
one day this man, loaded with the spoils from the East in heaven will be welcomed by you, freed from your cares [secura]
vocabitur hic quoque votis.
This man shall also be called upon in prayer.
Aspera tum positis mitescent saecula bellis;
Then with wars set aside [Lennon: war is over], harsh generations [saecula] shall become gentle.
cana Fides, et Vesta, Remo cum fratre Quirinus,
iura dabunt;
Grey-haired Fides and Vesta, Quirinus [aka: Romulus] along with his brother Quirinus shall be lawgivers.
dirae ferro et compagibus artis
claudentur Belli portae;
Terrible in their close wrought frames of iron [ferro et compagibus: hendiadys], the Gates of War shall shut
Furor impius intus,
295saeva sedens super arma, et centum vinctus aenis
post tergum nodis, fremet horridus ore cruento."
Within, Impious Madness [furor impious] will inside, 295 seated upon the savage weapons and tight-bound with a hundred brazen knots behind his back and he he shall bellow hideously from bloodied jaws.
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