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inter quas Phoenissa recens a vulnere Dido errabat silva in magna;
Among these women, Phoenician Dido, fresh from her wounds, was wandering in a large wood;
quam Troius heros ut primum iuxta stetit agnovitque per umbras obscuram,
as soon as the Trojan hero stood near her and recognised her dimly through the shadows
qualem primo qui surgere mense aut videt vidisse putat per nubila lunam demisit lacrimas dulcique adfatus amore est
like the moon which a person sees or thinks he has seen rising among the clouds and addressed her with sweet love
‘infelix Dido, verus mihi nuntius ergo venerat exstinctam ferroque extrema secutam? funeris heu tibi causa fui?
‘unfortunate Dido, was the message that had come to me true, then, that you were dead and had sought the end by means of a sword? Alas was I the cause of death for you?
per sidera iuro, per superos et si qua fides tellure sub ima est, invitus, regina, tuo de litore cessi.
I swear by the stars, by the gods above, and if there is any honour beneath the lower world, unwillingly, o queen, did I depart from your shore
sed me iussa deum quae nunc has ire per umbras, per loca senta situ cogunt noctemque profundam, imperiis egere suis;
But the orders of the gods, which compel me now to go through these shadows, through places rough with neglect and through deep night, drove me by their commands
nec credere quivi hunc tantum tibi me discessu ferre dolore.
nor could i believe that I was bringing upon you this grief so great by my departure.
siste gradum teque aspectu ne subtrahe nostro.
stop your step and do not remove yourself from my sight
quem fugis? extremum fato quod te adloquor hoc est.’
whom do you flee? This is the last word I am fated to speak to you
