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4:1
Conveniunt subito cuncti de montibus altis pastores pecudum vernali luce sub umbra arborea, pariter laetas celebrare Camenas. adfuit et iuvenis Dafnis seniorque Palemon: omnes hi cuculo laudes cantare parabant. ver quoque florigero succinctus stemmate venit, frigida venit Hiems, rigidis hirsuta capillis. his certamen erat cuculi de carmine grande. ver prior adlusit ternos modulamine versus. Ver: Opto meus veniat cuculus, carissimus ales. omnibus iste solet fieri gratissimus hospes in tectis, modulans rutilo bona carmina rostro. Hiems: Tum glacialis Hiems respondit voce severa: non veniat cuculus, nigris sed dormiat antris. iste famem secum semper portare suescit. Ver:
忽然，眾牧人都從高山上聚集，在春天的光中、樹蔭之下，一同慶祝歡樂的繆思。少年達夫尼斯也在那裡，還有年長的帕雷蒙：這些人都預備要向杜鵑歌唱讚美。春天也來了，束著花環；寒冷的冬天也來了，硬髮蓬鬆。他們中間有一場關於杜鵑之歌的大競賽。春天先以韻律吟出三節詩。春天說：「我願我的杜鵑前來，那最親愛的鳥。他素常作屋簷下眾人最受歡迎的客人，用他赤紅的喙作出美好的歌。」冬天：於是冰冷的冬天以嚴厲的聲音回答說：「不要叫杜鵑來，倒要叫他在黑暗的洞穴中睡覺。他素常總是把饑荒一同帶來。」春天：
Suddenly all the shepherds of the flocks gather from the high mountains in the spring light, beneath the shade of trees, to celebrate together the joyful Muses. Young Daphnis was present too, and elder Palaemon: all these were preparing to sing praises to the cuckoo. Spring also came, girt with a flowery garland; cold Winter came, shaggy with stiff hair. Among these there was a great contest about the song of the cuckoo. Spring first sported three verses in measure. Spring: 'I wish my cuckoo would come, that dearest of birds. To all he is wont to be the most welcome guest beneath the roofs, fashioning good songs with his ruddy beak.' Winter: Then icy Winter answered with stern voice: 'Let not the cuckoo come, but let him sleep in black caverns. He is always wont to bring famine along with him.' Spring:
4:2
Opto meus veniat cuculus cum germine laeto, frigora depellat, Phoebo comes almus in aevum. Phoebus amat cuculum crescenti luce serena. Hiems: Non veniat cuculus, generat quia forte labores, proelia congeminat, requiem disiungit amatam, omnia disturbat; pelagi terraeque laborant. Ver: Quid tu, tarda Hiems, cuculo convitia cantas? qui torpore gravi tenebrosis tectus in antris post epulas Veneris, post stulti pocula Bacchi. Hiems: Sunt mihi divitiae, sunt et convivia laeta, est requies dulcis, calidus est ignis in aede. haec cuculus nescit, sed perfidis ille laborat. Ver:
「我願我的杜鵑帶著歡樂的萌芽前來，趕走寒冷，永遠作福玻斯慈愛的同伴。當光輝變得晴朗，福玻斯就喜愛杜鵑。」冬天：「不要叫杜鵑來，因為他或許生出勞苦，使爭戰加倍，拆散人所愛的安息，攪亂一切；叫海洋與大地都在勞苦之中。」春天：「遲鈍的冬天哪，你為何向杜鵑唱出責罵？你自己卻在維納斯的筵席之後、在愚昧巴克斯的杯爵之後，懶散沉重地躲藏在陰暗的洞穴裡。」冬天：「財富是我的，歡樂的筵席也是我的，甜美的安息是我的，我的廳堂裡有溫暖的火。這些是杜鵑所不知道的，他卻在詭詐之中勞苦。」春天：
'I wish my cuckoo would come with joyful sprouting, to drive away the cold, a kindly companion of Phoebus for ever. Phoebus loves the cuckoo when the light grows serene.' Winter: 'Let not the cuckoo come, for he perchance breeds toils, redoubles battles, sunders beloved rest, throws all into confusion; sea and land are in travail.' Spring: 'Why do you, sluggish Winter, sing reproaches against the cuckoo, you who lie hidden in shadowy caverns in heavy sloth, after the banquets of Venus, after the cups of foolish Bacchus?' Winter: 'Mine are riches, mine too are joyful feasts, mine is sweet rest, and a warm fire is in my hall. These the cuckoo knows not, but he toils amid treacheries.' Spring:
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Ore ferat flores cuculus, et mella ministrat, aedificatque domus, placidas et navigat undas, et generat soboles, laetos et vestiet agros. Hiems: Haec inimica mihi sunt, quae tibi laeta videntur. sed placet optatas gazas numerare per arcas et gaudere cibis simul et requiescere semper. Ver: Quis tibi, tarda Hiems, semper dormire parata, divitias cumulat, gazas vel congregat ullas, si ver vel aestas ante tibi nulla laborant? Hiems: Vera refers: illi, quoniam mihi multa laborant, sunt etiam servi nostra ditione subacti. iam mihi servantes domino, quaecumque laborant. Ver: Non illis dominus, sed pauper inopsque superbus.
「杜鵑用口銜來花朵，又供應蜂蜜，建造房屋，航行於平靜的波浪，生養後代，又給歡樂的田野披上衣裳。」冬天：「這些在你看為歡樂的事，於我卻是可恨的。我所喜歡的乃是把我所渴慕的財寶透過箱櫃一一數算，並以食物為樂，照樣永遠安歇。」春天：「遲鈍的冬天哪，你既常常預備睡覺，若沒有春天或夏天先為你勞苦，誰為你積聚財富、為你收集甚麼財寶呢？」冬天：「你說得對：因為許多人為我勞苦，也有奴僕被制伏在我們的權下，如今他們為我這主人保存他們所勞苦得來的一切。」春天：「你於他們不是主人，倒是個又貧窮又困乏卻又驕傲的人。」
'The cuckoo brings flowers in his mouth and ministers honey, builds houses and sails the calm waves, begets offspring and clothes the joyful fields.' Winter: 'These things that seem joyful to you are hateful to me. But it pleases me to count my longed-for treasures through my chests, and to rejoice in food and likewise to rest forever.' Spring: 'Who, sluggish Winter, ever ready to sleep, heaps up riches for you, or gathers any treasures, if neither spring nor summer labour for you beforehand?' Winter: 'You speak the truth: since many labour for me, there are also servants subdued under our dominion, now keeping for me as their lord whatever they labour for.' Spring: 'No lord to them, but a poor and needy man, yet proud.'
4:4
Nec te iam poteris per te tu pascere tantum ni tibi qui veniet cuculus alimonia praestat. Palemon: Tunc respondit ovans sublime e sede Palemon et Dafnis pariter, pastorum et turba piorum: 'Desine plura, hiems: rerum tu prodigus, atrox. et veniat cuculus, pastorum dulcis amicus, collibus in nostris erumpant germina laeta, pascua sint pecori, requies et dulcis in arvis. et virides rami praestent umbracula fessis, uberibus plenis veniantque ad mulctra capellae, et volucres varia Phoebum sub voce salutent. quapropter citius cuculus nunc ecce venito! tu iam dulcis amor, cunctis gratissimus hospes. omnia te expectant, pelagus tellusque polusque. salve, dulce decus, cuculus per saecula salve!'
「並且你既不能單靠自己餵養自己這麼多，除非那將要來的杜鵑供給你食物。」帕雷蒙：於是帕雷蒙從高位上歡然回答，達夫尼斯也一樣，並眾敬虔牧人的群眾說：「冬天哪，不要再多言：你這揮霍又兇暴的傢伙。願杜鵑前來，牧人甜美的朋友；願歡樂的萌芽在我們的山上迸發，願羊群有草場，田野有甜美的安息，願青翠的枝子為疲乏的人遮蔭，願母山羊乳房脹滿來到擠奶的桶旁，願飛鳥以多樣的聲音問候福玻斯。所以如今，看哪，願杜鵑更快前來！你如今就是甜美的愛，是眾人最受歡迎的客人。萬有都在等候你——海洋、大地與天空。萬福了，甜美的榮光；杜鵑啊，世世代代萬福了！」
'Nor can you any longer feed yourself by yourself so much, unless the cuckoo who is coming furnishes you sustenance.' Palaemon: Then Palaemon answered rejoicing from his lofty seat, and Daphnis alike, and the throng of devout shepherds: 'Cease your words, Winter: you prodigal and savage one. And let the cuckoo come, the shepherds' sweet friend; let joyful sprouts burst forth on our hills, let there be pasture for the flock and sweet rest in the fields, and let the green branches furnish shade for the weary, and let the she-goats come to the milking-pails with full udders, and let the birds with varied voice greet Phoebus. Wherefore now, behold, let the cuckoo come more swiftly! You are now sweet love, the most welcome guest to all. All things await you — the sea, the earth, and the sky. Hail, sweet glory; cuckoo, hail through the ages!'