Pyramus & Thisbe (Test 1)

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Pyramus et Thisbe iuvenum pulcherrimus alter,

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Pyramus and Thisbe, the one the most handsome of young men

Hint 1

Most handsome

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Altera quas oriens habuit, praelata puellis

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The other, preffered to all the girls whom the orient held

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contiguas tenuere domos, ubi dicitur altam

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occupied adjoining homes,where Semiramis is said

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coctilibus muris cinxisse Semiramis urbem.

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to have surrounded the lofty city w/walls of baked brick

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Notitiam primosque gradus vicinia fecit;

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Proximity caused acquaintance & first approaches

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tempore crevit amor. Taedae quoque iure coissent,

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love grew w/time; torches too would have joined in law

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sed vetuere patres; quod non potuere vetare

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but their fathers forbade: which there were not able to forbid

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ex aequo captis ardebant mentibus ambo

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inflamed both equally w/captive minds

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Conscius omnis abest , nutu signisque loquuntur,

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Every accomplice is absent, w/nod & signs they speak

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quoque magis tegitur, tectus magis aestuat ignis.

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the more it is concealed, the more the fire having been concealed burns

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Fissus erat tenui rima, quam duxerat olim

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A wall had been split by a slender crack, which the wall had shaped a long time ago

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cum fieret, paries domui communis utrique

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when it was made for each common house

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Id vitium nulli per saecula longa notatum

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that flaw, known to no one through long ages

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quid non sentit amor? primi vidistis amantes

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What does love not perceive? you lovers first saw

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et vocis fecistis iter; tutaque per illud

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& made the passage of voice & through that flatteries

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mumure blanditiae minimo transire solebant

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were accustomed to pass safe w/the slightest murmur

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Saepe, ubi constiterant hinc Thisbe, Pyramus illinc,

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often, where they stood, Thisbe here, Pyramus there,

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inque vices fuerat captatus anhelitus oris

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& in interchanges had been caught the breath of the mouth

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'Invide' dicebant 'paries quid amantibus obstas?'

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'O envious wall' they said 'Why do you block lovers?'

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Quantum erat, ut sineres toto nos corpore iungi

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how great would it be to let us be joined in whole body

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aut, hoc si nimium est, vel ad oscula danda pateres?

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Or, if this is too much, you might lie open for kisses to be given?

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Nec sumus ingrati: tibi nos debere fatemur

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nor are we ungrateful: we confess to owe you

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quod datus est verbis ad amicas transitus aures

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the fact that there was given a passage for words to friendly ears

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Tali diversa nequiquam sede locuti

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Having spoken such things in vain from different places

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sub noctem dixere, 'vale' partique dedere

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at nightfall they said farewell & gave each other their own side

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oscula quisque suae non perventia contra

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a kiss, not reaching the other

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postera nocturnos Aurora removerat ignes,

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The following Dawn had removed the nocturnal fires

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solque pruinosas radiis siccaverat herbas:

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and the sun with his beams had dried the frosty grass:

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ad solitum coiere locum. tum murmure parvo

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they met at the usual place. Then, having with low murmur

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multa prius questi, statuunt ut nocte silenti

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bemoaned many things, they resolved that in the silent night

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fallere custodes foribusque excedere temptent,

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they would deceive their guardians and try to cross the gates,

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cumque domo exierint, urbis quoque tecta relinquant,

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and when they have left the house, they leave the buildings of the city too

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neve sit errandum lato spatiantibus arvo,

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and lest they get lost wandering in open fields,

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conveniant ad busta Nini lateantque sub umbra

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should meet at the tomb of Ninus and hide under the shade

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arboris: arbor ibi niveis uberrima pomis,

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of a tree: a tree, overladen with snow-white fruit,

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ardua morus, erat, gelido contermina fonti.

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a towering mulberry was there [erat], next to a cool fountain.

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pacta placent; et lux, tarde discedere visa,

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The plans please; and light, that seemed to depart late,

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praecipitatur aquis, et aquis nox exit ab isdem.

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is thrown upon the waters, and night rises from the same waters.

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“Callida per tenebras versato cardine Thisbe

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'With the hinge having been turned, crafty Thisbe sets out through the darkness

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egreditur fallitque suos adopertaque vultum

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and deceives her own and, having veiled her face,

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pervenit ad tumulum dictaque sub arbore sedet.

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comes to the tomb and sits under the aforesaid tree.

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audacem faciebat amor. venit ecce recenti

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Love was making brave. Behold a lioness comes, whose

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caede leaena boum spumantis oblita rictus

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foaming jaws were smeared by the recent slaughter of cattle,

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depositura sitim vicini fontis in unda;

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about to quench her thirst in the waters of the nearby fountain

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quam procul ad lunae radios Babylonia Thisbe

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whom from afar, against the rays of the moon, Babylonian Thisbe

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vidit et obscurum timido pede fugit in antrum,

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saw and fled with a timid foot into a dark cave,

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dumque fugit, tergo velamina lapsa reliquit.

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and while she flees, she left her veil, having fallen from her back.

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ut lea saeva sitim multa conpescuit unda,

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Just as the fierce lioness quenched her thirst with much water,

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dum redit in silvas, inventos forte sine ipsa

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while she returned into the forest, she mangled with bloody mouth

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ore cruentato tenues laniavit amictus.

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the thin cloaks found by chance without herself .

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serius egressus vestigia vidit in alto

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Having gone out later, [Pyramus] saw, in deep

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pulvere certa ferae totōque expalluit ore

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sand, the certain tracks of a wild animal, and his whole face

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Pyramus; ut vero vestem quoque sanguine tinctam

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turned pale, when [ut] indeed also the garment stained with blood

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repperit, ‘una duos’ inquit ‘nox perdet amantes,

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[he] discovered. 'one night', he said, 'will destroy two lovers,

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e quibus illa fuit longā dignissima vitā;

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from which she was most worthy for long life.

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nostra nocens anima est. ego te, miseranda, peremi,

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My soul is guilty. I killed you, O [girl] who must be pitied,