tantus amor est

if there is so much love/ desire

ventum ad supremum est

it has come to the final [thing]

infandum accendere bellum

to inflame an unspeakable war

velut in somnis

just as in dreams

in mediis conatibus

in the middle of trying

corpore notae vires

known strengths in the body

feta armis

pregnant with weapons

sic ante precatus

having prayed in this way beforehand

nec plura effatus

having spoken no more

campo quod forte iacebat

which was lying by chance in the field

summa placidum caput extulit unda

raised his peaceful head from the highest wave

infelix Dido uritur

unlucky Dido burns

coniecta sagitta

having been shot by an arrow

agens telis

driving with weapons

lacrimis oculos suffusa nitentis

her shining eyes filled with tears

tot funera passis

having suffered so many deaths

volventibus annis

with years rolling by

hinc fore

from the doorway

navibus (infandum) amissis

with ships (unspeakable) having been lost

unius ob iram

on account of the anger of one

olli subridens

smiling at that one

dehinc talia fatur

from there he said such things

parce metu

spare fear

volvens fatorum arcana

rolling out the secrets of the fates

bellum ingens geret

he will wage a huge war

coeptis ingentibus adsis

that you be present for these huge beginnings

donec regina sacerdos, Marte gravis

until a priestess queen, heavy/ pregnant with/ by Mars

hospitio Tuecris

for hospitality for the Trojans

ne fati nescia

lest unknowing of fate

volat ille per aera magnum

he flies through the great air

alii excudunt mollius

others will cast more softly

et breviter audire

and briefly to hear

Troiae supremum laborem

the final labor of Troy

quamquam animus meminisse horret

although the mind shudders to remember

fracti bello

having been broken by war

quorum consederis arvis

whose fields you sit

illi se praedae accingunt

they gird themselves for booty

Italis longe disiungimur oris

are divided far from the Italian shores

sic nos in sceptra reponis

in this way do you place us back into the scepters

cernes urbem et promissa moenia

you will see the city and the promised walls

ductores Danaum

the leaders of the Greeks

fremet horridus ore cruento

horrible he will growl with a blood stained mouth

dederat comam diffundere ventis

she had given her hair to be spread by the winds

invisus caelestibus auras vitalis carpis

envious to the heavenly ones, you pluck life giving breezes

ni frustra augurium vani docuere parentes

unless empty parents taught augury in vain

vera incessu patuit dea

the goddess was revealed in her true advance

tot annis iam labentibus

with so many years now slipping by

instar montis

the likeness of a mountain

divina Palladis arte

with the divine skill of Minerva

geminae Somni portae

twin gates of sleep

quarum altera fertur

one of which it is said

datur facilis exitus

an easy exit is given

his dictis

with these [things] having been said

prosequitur natum

he follows his son

ille secat viam

that one cuts a path

ad naves sociosque

to his ships and comrades

si qua cura

if any care

miseri parentis

for a miserable parent

te tangere potest

is able to touch you

fuit et tibi talis genitor

and such a father he was to you

oro miserere

I beg, have pity

et redde me meis

and return me to my own

seu mavis

or if you prefer

corpus spoliatum lumine

a body having been robbed of light

ductus sorte

having been led by lot

sollemnes ad aras

to the solemn altars

ecce autem gemini angues

behold however twin snakes

per alta tranquilla

through the tranquil deep

casus nostros

our misfortunes

horresco referens

I shudder recalling

immensis orbibus incumbunt pelago

with their immense coils they lean on the sea

inter fluctus

among the waves

sum qui veho Penates raptos

I am he who carries the household gods having been snatched

notus fama super aethera

known by fame above the skies

Italiam quaero patriam

I seek the country Italy

et genus ab Iove summo

and a race from highest Jove

matre dea monstrante viam

with my goddess mother showing the way

secutus fata data

having followed the fates having been given

vix septem supersunt

scarcely seven survive

convulsae undis Euroque

having been battered by the waves and the [southeast] wind

peragro deserta pulsus

I wander the deserts having been driven

imago cari genitoris

the image of my dear father

crudeli vulnere

by a cruel wound

et casus parvi Iuli

and the misfortune of little Iulus

tota urbe vagatur

wanders in the whole city

furens qualis cerva

raging like a deer

nemora inter

among the groves

volatile ferrum

flying iron

haeret lateri

it clings to the side

vivos vultus ducent

they will lead living faces

orabunt causas melius

they will plead their cases better

et dicent surgentia sidera

and they will tell the rising stars

memento regere populos imperio

remember to rule the people with command

hae artes tibi erunt

these arts will be yours

pacique imponere morem

to impose custom and for peace

parcere subiectis et debellare superbos

to spare the conquered and to battle down the proud

quo ruit

to where do you rush

hoc munus det

let him give this gift

miserae amanti

to the unhappy [one] loving

exspectet ventos ferentes

let him wait for carrying winds

non oro coniugium quod prodidit

I do not beg for the marriage which he betrayed

ut regnum relinquat

that he leave behind the kingdom

tempus inane peto

I seek empty time

peto requiem spatiumque furori

I seek a rest and space for my fury

rex omnipotentis Olympi

the king of all-powerful Olympus

Iunonem interea adloquitur

meanwhile addresses Juno

quae finis erit

what end will there be

quid denique restat

what finally remains

fatis tolli ad sidera

to be raised to the stars by the fates

quid struis

what are you planning/ building

aut qua spe

or with what hope

id metuens

fearing it

manet repostum alta mente

[there] remains buried in her deep mind

spretae iniuria formae

the injury to her rejected form

ita fatur

he speaks in this way

effundit lacrimas inanes

he pours out empty tears

imperio laeti parent

happy, they obey the command

at regina dolos praesensit

but the queen sensed the tricks

omnia tuta timens

fearing all safety

eadem impia Fama

the same impious rumor

inops animi

lacking of mind

saevit incensa

burning she raged

attollens ora pallida

raising its pale face

modis miris

in a strange way

traiecta pectora ferro nudavit

he laid bare his chest having been pierced with an iron

retexit scelus omne domus

he uncovered all the blind crime of the house

tum suadet celerare fugam

then he persuaded her to quicken an escape

excedere patria

to leave the country

recludit tellure auxilium viae veteres thesauros

he revealed old treasures, help of the path [aid for the journey]

in nubibus gelidis haeres

are you clinging to the icy clouds

veterique belli memor

and mindful of the old war

te precor

I pray to you

ignotum pondus argenti et auri

an unknown weight of silver and gold

tenebunt sermonem patrium

they will hold the speech of their fathers

subsident Teucri commixti corpore tantum

the Trojans will settle having been mixed in body only

passim comites et iuventus Dardaniusque nepos Veneris

in all directions the comrades and the youth and the Trojan offspring of Venus

diversa per agros tecta metu petiere

in fear they sought different shelters in fear

ruunt de montibus amnes

rivers rush from the mountains

nequiquam avidos extendere cursus velle videmur

in vain we seem to want to extend eager running

stare procul campis taurum

a bull standing far off in the field

meditantem in proelia advolat

he flies to the [one] meditating on battle

haud alia est Turni venientis imago

the fatal machine climbed the walls

da nunc fortunam atque viam duri per pectus

give now fortune and a path through the chest of the hard [one]

ille manu raptum trepida torquebat

that one threw the [thing] having been snatched with a trembling hand

at regina gravi iamdudum saucia cura

but the queen now a long time wounded with a grave care

vulnus alit venis et caeco carpitur igni

feeds the wound in her veins and is seized by blind fire

agnosco veteris vestigia flammae

I recognize the footprints of the old flame

pudor, te violo aut tua iura resolvo

shame, I violate you or loosen your laws

nec dulcis natos nec praemia noris

you get to know neither sweet offspring nor rewards

cinerem aut manis credis curare sepultos

do you believe that the ash or buried ghosts care

quid bella Tyro surgentia dicam germanique minas

what should I speak with the war rising from Tyre and the threats of your brother

litore aena locant alii, flammasque ministrant

others place bronze on the shore and they administer the flames

speluncam Dido dux et Troianus eandum deveniunt

Dido and the Trojan leader come down to the same cave

ulterius temptare veto

I forbid [you] to try any further

sic orsus

having spoke in this way

amissos longo socios sermone requirunt

they seek again their lost companions in long conversation

cunctus ob Italiam terrarum clauditur orbis

all the world of land is closed on account of Italy

nunc eadem fortuna viros tot casibus actos

now the same fortune follows men having been driven by so many misfortunes

nos, tua progenies caeli quibus adnuis arcem

we, your offspring, to whom you designate the citadel of heaven

sator, voltu, quo caelum tempestatesque serenat

the founder with a face with which he calms the sky and storms

dum doceat mea fortuna me victam dolere

while my fortune may teach me, having been conquered, how to grieve

necdum etiam causae irarum et saevi dolores exciderant animo

not yet still had the causes of her anger and her savage griefs fallen from her mind

magnumque gemitum sub imo corde premit

and he presses a great groan from his deepest heart

interea magno cum murmure misceri pontum

meanwhile the sea was being mixed with a great murmur

moresque viris et moenia ponet

he will place customs and walls for men

magnos volvendis mensibus orbis imperio explebit

with the months rolling by he will fill out great cycles in command

his nec metas rerum nec tempora pono

for these I place neither boundaries/ turning points of things nor times

ut novae peateant Karthaginis arces

so that the new citadels of Carthage may lie open

aut spumantis apri cursum almore prementem

or pressing the running of a foaming boar with a shout

monstrate mearum vidistis si quam hic errantem forte sororum

show me if you have seen any one of my sisters wandering here by chance

namque haud tibi voltus mortalis

for to you there is a face not mortal

scelere ante alios immanior omnes

more immense in wickedness before all others

luctuque refugit

and has fled from grief

fatisque repulsi

and having been driven back by the fates

pectora quorum arrecta

whose chests having been raised up

raptos ex hoste

having been snatched from the enemy

atque auri caecus amore

and blinded by a love of gold

clam ferro incautum superat

he secretly overcomes the unsuspecting [one] with iron

securus amorum germanae

safe/ untroubled by of the love of the sibling

factumque diu celavit

and for a long time he hid the deed

aegram multa malus simulans vana spe lusit amantem

pretending much the evil one cheated/ played the sick loving [one] with empty hope

dux femina facti

a woman, the leader of the deed

terris agitare vel undis Troianos potuisti

you have been able to agitate the Trojans on the lands or on the waves

deformare domum et luctu miscere hymenaeos

to disfigure a house and to mix up weddings with grief

oculos ubi languida pressit nocte quies

when sluggish rest presses [our] eyes with night

fatus medium procedit in aequor

having spoken he proceded into the middle of the plain

not other was the image of Turnus coming

scandit fatalis machina muros

devenere locos ubi nunc ingentia cernis moenia

the come down to the places where now you see huge walls

mercatique solum taurino quantum possent circumdare tergo

and having purchased as much ground as they were able to surround with a bull’s back/ hide

diversa per aequora vectos

having been carried through the diverse seas

perge modo atque hinc te ad limina perfer

just proceed and from here bring yourself to the threshold

in tutum versis aquilonibus actam

having been driven into safety by the turned north wind

que te ducit via dirige gressum

direct your step in which the path leads you

avertens rosea cervice refulsit

turning away she shone back her rosy neck

pugnas tuentem fulva de nube

seeing the fights from a reddish cloud

cernat me rapere sibi arma cruenta

let him see me snatching bloody arms from him

graviter commotus et alto prospiciens

having been gravely disturbed and looking out on the deep

quis possit fallere amantem

who is able to deceive [one] loving

detulit furori armari classem

carried to the [one] raging [that] the fleet was being armed

ipsa imago venit inhumati coniugis

the image itself of the unburied spouse comes