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Consolation of Philosophy 1 part 2/2

Latin original · 1 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss · long chapter, split into parts; this part covers 1:32–1:32 (32 verses in all)

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1:32
Nubibus atris Condita nullum Fundere possunt Sidera lumen. Si mare uoluens Turbidus Auster Misceat aestum, Vitrea dudum Parque serenis Vnda diebus Mox resoluto Sordida caeno Visibus obstat. Quique uagatur Montibus altis Defluus amnis, Saepe resistit Rupe soluti Obice saxi. Tu quoque si uis Lumine claro Cernere uerum, Tramite recto Carpere callem, Gaudia pelle, Pelle timorem Spemque fugato Nec dolor adsit. Nubila mens est Vinctaque frenis, Haec ubi regnant.
Stars hidden by black clouds can shed no light. If the turbid south wind, rolling the sea, churns up the swell, the wave, but lately glassy and clear as on serene days, soon, the mire loosened, foul with mud, blocks the sight. And the stream that wanders down from the high mountains often is stayed by the rock of a stone loosened in its path. You too, if you wish to discern the truth with clear light, and to take the path by a straight track, cast off joy, cast off fear, put hope to flight, and let no grief be present. The mind is clouded and bound in reins where these hold sway.
被烏雲遮蔽的星辰,發不出半點光輝。若混濁的南風翻攪大海、激起波濤,那波浪本如晴朗之日般晶瑩清澈,轉眼間泥渣翻起、污濁泥濘,便遮蔽了視線。那從高山蜿蜒流下的溪流,也常被途中鬆動的石塊所攔阻。你也是這樣:你若願以清明的光辨明真理、循正直的路徑前行,就當拋開喜樂、拋開恐懼、驅逐盼望,也不讓憂傷臨近。當這些情緒當權之處,心靈便被烏雲籠罩、被韁繩捆鎖。
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