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Iamque opus exegi, quod ned ioves ira nec ignis
nec poterit ferrum nec edax apolere vetustas.
Cum volet, illa dies, quae nil nisi corporis huius
ius habet, incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi:
parte tamen meliore mei super alta perennis
astra ferar, nomenque erit indelibile nostrum,
quaque patet domitis Romana potentia terris,
ore legar populi, perque omnia saecula fama,
siquid habent veri vatum praesigia, vivam.
Now I finished a work that not Jupiter's rage, nor fire, nor iron, nor the biting age will be able to destroy. That day, that only has power over my body, may finish my life's uncertain period whenver it will. But with my better part I will remain and take high to the stars; my name will be indestructible, and as far as the Roman power stretches over the subdued Earth, the mouth of the people will read me and, if the predictions of the poets are in any way correct, live through all centuries in honour.
-Ovid, Metamorphoses epilogue
Yes, I finished them on friday in the train and have wanted to write it up ever since. He was right...
Forgive the translation, I only translated from the german translation into english, so it must not necessarily make sense...
Off to FH again.
;)
nec poterit ferrum nec edax apolere vetustas.
Cum volet, illa dies, quae nil nisi corporis huius
ius habet, incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi:
parte tamen meliore mei super alta perennis
astra ferar, nomenque erit indelibile nostrum,
quaque patet domitis Romana potentia terris,
ore legar populi, perque omnia saecula fama,
siquid habent veri vatum praesigia, vivam.
Now I finished a work that not Jupiter's rage, nor fire, nor iron, nor the biting age will be able to destroy. That day, that only has power over my body, may finish my life's uncertain period whenver it will. But with my better part I will remain and take high to the stars; my name will be indestructible, and as far as the Roman power stretches over the subdued Earth, the mouth of the people will read me and, if the predictions of the poets are in any way correct, live through all centuries in honour.
-Ovid, Metamorphoses epilogue
Yes, I finished them on friday in the train and have wanted to write it up ever since. He was right...
Forgive the translation, I only translated from the german translation into english, so it must not necessarily make sense...
Off to FH again.
;)