Echo And Narcissus Section 5

Question 1

Hic puer, et studio venandi lassuset aestu, procubit faciemque loci fontemque secutus;

Answer 1

Here the boy, weary both from his enthusiasm for the hunt and from the heat, lay down, attracted both by the appearance of the place and by the spring

Question 2

Dumque sitim sedare cupit, sitis altera crevit, dumque bibit, visae correptus imagine formae, spem sine corpare amat, corpus putat esse, quod umbra est

Answer 2

And while he longed to quench his thirst, another thirst grew; and while he drank he was captivated by the beautiful reflection he saw, he fell in love with an insubstantial hope; he thought that there was a body because there was a reflection.

Question 3

Astupet ipse sibi vultuque immotus eodem haeret, ut e pario formatum marore signum.

Answer 3

He was astonished at himself and stayed stock still with the same expression, like a statue carved from Parian marble.

Question 4

Spectat humi positus geminum, sua lumina, sidus et dignos Baccho, dignos et apolline crines

Answer 4

Lying on the ground he gazed at his own eyes, twin stars and worthy of Bacchus, at his hair worthy of Apollo too

Question 5

Impubesque genas et eburnea colla decusque oris et in niveo mixtum candore ruborem, cunctaque miratur, quibus est mirabilis ipse

Answer 5

At his youthful cheeks and his ivory coloured neck, the beauty of his face and it’s blush mixed with a snow-white radiance; he admired all the things for which he was himself admired.