Ench And Narcissus Section 4

Question 1

Spreta latet silvis pudibundaque frondibus ora protegit et solis ex illo vivit in antris;

Answer 1

Having been rejected, she hid in the forest and, embarrassed, covered her face in with foliage and from that time on she lived in lonely caves;

Question 2

Sed tamen haeret amor crescitque dolore repulsae:

Answer 2

But her love still persisted and grew with the pain of rejection

Question 3

Attenuant vigiles corpus miserabile curae, adductitque cutem macies, et in aera sucus corporis omnis abit; vox tantum atque ossa supersunt:

Answer 3

Her sleepless anxiety made her pitiable body thin, and thinness shrivelled her skin, and all the moisture of the body went away into thin air; only her voice and bones remained:

Question 4

Vox manet: ossa ferunt lapidis traxisse figuram.

Answer 4

Then only her voice remained; people say that her bones took on the appearance of stone

Question 5

Inde latet silvis nulloque in monte videtur. Omnibus auditur: sonus est, qui vivit in illa

Answer 5

From then on, she hid away in the forest and was not seen on any mountainside. But she is heard by everyone, it is the sound which remains of her