unclear

Sic rustica quondam fistula disparibus paulatim surgit avenis

So once a rustic pipe rises by degrees with unequal reeds

Ut limite curras

To run a middle course

Pariter praecepta volandi tradit et ignotas umeris accomodat alas

At the same time he hands down the rules of flying and fits the unfamiliar wings on his shoulders

pennisque levatus ante volat comitique timet

And lifted by the feathers he flies ahead and fears for his companion

Velut ales ab alto quae teneram prolem produxit in aera nido

As when a bird has led its tender offspring from the high nest into the air

Hortaturque sequi damnosasque erudit artes

And he urges him to follow and teaches the ruinous arts

Et movet ipse suas et nati respicit alas

And he himself moves his own wings and looks back at his son’s

Rapidi vicina solis mollit odoratas pennarum vincula ceras

The nearness of the blazing sun softens the fragrant wax, the bonds of the feathers

remigioque carens non ullas percipit auras

And lacking oarage he perceives no breezes

Oraque caerulea patrium clamantia nomen excipiuntur aqua

And his mouth calling his father’s name is caught by the blue water

Quae nomen traxit ab illo

Which took its name from him

corpusque sepulcro condidit et tellus a nomine dicta sepulti

And it buried his body in a tomb, and the land was named from the buried one

Et posse quamvis languida mergi aqua infantes spem ferentibus dabat

And it gave hope to those carrying the infants that they could be drowned even in sluggish water

Ita velut defuncti regis imperio in proxima alluvie

Thus as if by the command of the deceased king in a nearby overflow

Tenet fama cum fluitantem alveum quo expositi erant pueri tenuis in sicco aqua destituisset

The story holds that when the shallow water left the floating trough in which the boys had been exposed on dry land

Sunt qui Larentiam volgato corpore lupam inter pastores vocatam putent

There are those who think that Larentia, with her body made common, was called a she-wolf among the shepherds

Iam tum in Palatio monte Lupercal hoc fuisse ludicrum ferunt

They say that already then on the Palatine hill at the Lupercal this spectacle existed

Ibi Evandrum qui ex eo genere Arcadum multis ante tempestatibus tenuerit loca

There was Evander, who from that Arcadian race had held the place many generations before

insidiatos ob iram praedae amissae latrones

bandits lying in ambush out of anger at lost plunder

Crimini maxime dabant in Numitoris agros ab iis impetum fieri

They chiefly charged that attacks were made by them in the fields of Numitor

sed aliis alio itinere iussis certo tempore ad regiam venire pastoribus

but with the shepherds ordered to come by another route at a fixed time to the palace

hostes invasisse urbem atque adortos regiam dictitans

declaring that enemies had invaded the city and attacked the palace

atque inde foedum certamen coortum a satis miti principio

and from there a foul struggle arose from a fairly gentle beginning

tempore illi praecepto at hi numero avium regnum trahebant

those claimed the rule by priority of time, these by number of birds

cum verbis quoque increpitans adiecisset

when he had added rebuke also in words

sic deinde quicumque alius transiliet moenia mea interfectum

Thus thereafter whoever else leaps over my walls is killed

secundum quam vitam etiam vos per Christi gratiam reviviscitis a morte quadam cui renuntiatis

According to which life even you revive through the grace of Christ from a certain death which you renounce

et omnia illi constant

And all things hold together for him

unde numquam recessit

From where he never departed

Et bracchium Domini cui revelatum est

And the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been revealed

vel quidquid aliud de Dei excellentia similiter dici potest dicimus

Or whatever else can similarly be said of the excellence of God

in qua vobis peccata omnia dimittentur

In which all sins will be forgiven for you

Palamque fit pastoribus

And openly he appears to the shepherds

Ibant magi qua venerant Stellam sequentes praeviam

The magi went back by the way they had come, following the guiding star

Deum fatentur munere

By their gift they confess God

Collisa deflens pignora

Weeping for shattered children

Lavacra puri gurgitis

The baths of the pure stream

Nos abluendo sustulit

He lifted us up by washing

Habere se Deum patrem

To have God as father

Vinumque iussa fundere

And when commanded to pour wine

Factus superstes est sibi

He was made a survivor to himself

Suis vicissim gressibus

With his own steps in turn

Quaedam vehebant compares

Certain women were carrying them together

Vivum sepulchro non tegi

The living one is not enclosed in a tomb

Ymnis venite dulcibus

Come with sweet hymns

Zelus draconis invidi et os saevissimi leonis

The zeal of the envious dragon and the mouth of the fiercest lion

Seseque caelis reddidit

And he returned himself to heaven

tu excitas ut laudare te delectet

You stir him so that it delights him to praise you

et scire te prius sit an invocare te

Whether to know you is prior to calling upon you

aliud enim pro alio potest invocare nesciens

For one who does not know may call upon one thing instead of another

an potius invocaris ut sciaris

Or rather are you invoked so that you may be known

quaeram te domine invocans te

Let me seek you Lord by calling upon you

praedicatus enim es nobis

For you have been preached to us

Hanc Minerva monstrante interfecit et exinteravit

He killed and disemboweled with Minerva showing the way

et maiori cruciatu moriebatur

And he was dying with greater torment

unde postea et ipse periit in Phrygia

Whence afterward even he himself perished in Phrygia

quae emissis pennis suis iaculabantur

Which hurled themselves with their released feathers

flumine amisso totum stercus abluit

With a river let loose he washed away all the dung

cui reginae Amazonis balteum detraxit

From whom he tore away the belt of the Amazon queen

Hic cogebat hospites secum luctari

This one forced guests to wrestle with him

et delassatos interficiebat

And he was killing those worn out

et armis propter filium contendere vellet cum eo

And wished to fight with arms with him on account of his son

Hic cum Hercule propter Deianirae coniugium pugnaret

When this one was fighting with Hercules on account of marriage to Deianira

quod deae pomis replerunt

Which the goddesses filled with fruits