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Ōlli subrīdēns hominum sator atque deōrum,

Smiling down on her with his face , the father of gods and men,
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vultū, quō caelum tempestātēsque serēnat,

by whom the sky and storms are calm,
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ōscula lībāvit nātae, dehinc tālia fatur:

He touched the lips of his daughter, (and) says such things thereafter:
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“Parce metū, Cytherēa: manent immōta tuōrum

Spare (your) fear, Venus: the fates of your (people) remain unmoved for you;
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fāta tibī; cernēs urbem et prōmissa Lavīnī

you will see the city and the promised walls of Lavinium,
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moenia, sublīmemque ferēs ad sīdera caelī

and you will carry great-souled Aeneas on high to the stars of the heaven;
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magnanimum Aenēān; neque mē sententia vertit.

And opinion does not turn me.
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Hic tibi (fābor enim, quandō haec tē cūra remordet,

This one for you (for I will speak, since this care troubles you,
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longius et volvēns fātōrum arcāna movēbō)

and I will move unrolling further the secrets of the fates)
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bellum ingēns geret Ītalia, populōsque ferōcēs

(this one) will wage a huge war in Italy and will crush the savage peoples,
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contundet, mōrēsque virīs et moenia pōnet,

and he will place on the men customs and walls,
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tertia dum Latiō rēgnantem vīderit aestās,

until the third summer will have seen (him) ruling in Latium (Italy)
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ternaque trānsierint Rutulīs hiberna subāctīs.

and winters by threes will have passed by with the Rutulians subdued (conquered).
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At puer Ascanius, cui nunc cognōmen Ïūlō

But the boy Ascanius, to whom now the cognomen Iulus
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additur,—Īlus erat, dum rēs stetit Īlia rēgnō,—

is added - he was Ilus, while the Trojan state stood in power -
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trīgintā magnōs volvendīs mēnsibus orbēs

he will fulfill with the months passing by thirty great turns (of the earth) in power,
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imperiō explēbit, rēgnumque ab sēde Lavīnī

and he will transfer the kingdom from the seat of Livinian,
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trānsferet, et longam multā vī mūniet Albam.

and he will fortify the Alba Longa with much strength.
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Hīc iam ter centum tōtōs rēgnābitur annōs

Here now it will be ruled for three hundred entire years
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gente sub Hectoreā, dōnec rēgīna sacerdōs,

under the Hectorian race, until the priestess queen,
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Mārte gravis, geminam partū dabit Īlia prōlem.

heavy by Mars (pregnant), Ilia will give birth to twin offspring.
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Inde lupae fulvō nūtrīcis tegmine laetus

Afterward happy Romulus in the yellow pelt of the nurse she wolf
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Rōmulus excipiet gentem et Māvortia condet

will inherit the race and he will establish the walls of Mars,
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moenia, Rōmānōsque suō dē nōmine dīcet.

and he will call them Romans from his name.