fies nobilium tu quoque fontium,
me dicente cavis impositam ilicem
saxis, unde loquaces
lymphae desiliunt tuae.
TRANSLATION:
Fountain of Bandusia, more shining than glass,
worthy of wine not without flowers,
tomorrow you’ll be given
a young goat whose brow aching
with new horns is ready for love and for war
in vain. For he will dye your icy
streams with red blood,
this offspring of the playful flock.
You the harsh season of the burning Dog Star
cannot touch, you who offer beloved cold
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