Aeneid lines 95- 115

Dividimus muros et moenia pandimus urbis.

We breached the wall, and opened up the fortifications of the city.

Accingunt omnes operi pedibusque rotarum subiciunt lapsus, et stuppea vincula collo intendunt:

All equip themselves for the task and place gliding wheels under the feet and stretch ropes made of tow around its neck

scandit fatalis machina muros feta armis.

the fateful contraction pregnant with armed men scales the walls

pueri circum innuptaeque puellae

sacra canunt funemque manu contingere gaudent;

Around it boys and unmarried girls sing sacred songs and rejoice to touch the rope with their hands

illa subit mediaeque minans inlabitur urbi.

the horse goes under and glides threateningly into the middle of the city

O patria, O divum domus Ilium et incluta bello moenia Dardanidum!

oh fatherland! oh illium home of the gods and fortifications of the trojans renowned in war!

quater ipso in limine portae substitit atque utero sonitum quater arma dedere;

Four times it struck o the very threshold of the gate, and four times the arms gave fourth a sound from the belly

instamus tamen immemores caecique furore et monstrum infelix sacrata sistimus arce.

However, we press on regardless and blind in our madness and place the unlucky monster in the holy citadel

Tunc etiam fatis aperit Cassandra futuris ora dei iussu non umquam credita Teucris.

Then also Cassandra opened her mouth for the fates which were to come never to believed by the Trojan in order of the god

Nos delubra deum miseri, quibus ultimus esset ille dies, festa velamus fronde per urbem.

We wretched souls, for whom that day would be the last cover the shrines of the gods with festive foliage throughout the city

vertitur interea caelum et ruit Oceano nox involvens umbra magna terramque polumque Myrmidonumque dolos

Meanwhile the sky revolves and the night rushes from the ocean enveloping both earth and sky and the treachery of the Myrmidones in its vast shadow

Fusi per moenia Teucri conticuere;

The trojans sprawled around the buildings fell silent

sopor fessos complectitur atus.

sleep embraces their weary limbs