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(...) nam saepe ante deum vitulus delubra decora turicremas propter mactatus concidit aras sanguinis expirans calidum de pectore flumen; at mater viridis saltus orbata peragrans 355 novit humi pedibus vestigia pressa bisulcis, omnia convisens oculis loca, si queat usquam conspicere amissum fetum, completque querellis frondiferum nemus adsistens et crebra revisit ad stabulum desiderio perfixa iuvenci, 360 nec tenerae salices atque herbae rore vigentes fluminaque ulla queunt summis labentia ripis oblectare animum subitamque avertere curam, nec vitulorum aliae species per pabula laeta derivare queunt animum curaque levare; 365 usque adeo quiddam proprium notumque requirit. |
(...) Often in front of the glorious temples,
a calf fells down sacrificed on incense smoking altars sending out from the breast a stream of warm blood; The dam, bereft of him, wandering through green 355 pastures, seeks on the ground the tracks impressed by split hooves, observing every place, to see if somewhere can sight her lost son, and fills the leafy wood with moans, dwelling and coming back again and again to the stable, pierced by the craving of her calf, 360 And nor the tender willow, or the dewy luxuriant grasses and the rivers running down between high banks can wean her from the sudden distress, and the sight of other calves on the plentiful pastures cannot distract her mind or relieve her pain; 365 since she's looking for something which is hers and known. |
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