Austrasia
| Type: | Elite presence | ||||||||||||
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| Certainty: | Region | ||||||||||||
| From: | 565 | ||||||||||||
| To: | 567 | ||||||||||||
| Original text: | Nubila quae rapido perflante Aquilone venitis /
pendula sidereo quae movet axe rota,/ dicite qua vegitet carus mihi Gogo salute./ Quid placidis rebus mente serenus agit?/ Si prope fluctivagi remoratur litora Rheni/ ,ut salmonis adeps rete trahatur aquis,/ an super uviferi Mosellae obambulat amnem,/ quo levis ardentem temperet aura diem,/ pampinus et fluvius medios ubi mitigat aestus:/ vitibus umbra rigens, fluctibus unda recens./ Aut Mosa dulce sonans, quo grus, ganta, anser, olorque est,/ triplice merce ferax—alite, pisce, rate—?/ an tenet herbosis qua frangitur Axona ripis,/ cuius aluntur aquis pascua, prata, seges?/ Esera, Sara, Cares, Scaldis, Sate, Somena, Sura?/ seu qui Mettis adit de sale nomen habens?/ Aut aestiva magis nemorum saltusque pererrans/ cuspide, rete feras hinc ligat, inde necat?/ Ardenna an Vosagus cervi, caprae, helicis, uri/ caede sagittifera silva fragore tonat?/ Seu validus bufalus ferit inter cornua campum/ nec mortem differt ursus, onager, aper?/ An sua rura colens exusta novalia sulcatet/ rude cervici taurus aratra gemit?/ Sive palatina residet modo laetus in aula,/ cui scola congrediens plaudit amore sequax?/ An cum dulce Lupo pietatis iura retractant/ consilioque pari mitia mella creant,/ quo pascatur inops/ viduae solacia praestent, parvus tutorem sumat, egenus opem? | ||||||||||||
| Translation text: | Clouds who come on the blast of the fierce north wind,/
who, suspended on high, move with the sun in the starry heavens,/ tell me what health my dear Gogo enjoys./ What occupies his carefree mind in tranquil times?/ if he lingers by the banks of the wave-driven Rhine/ to catch with his net in its waters the fat salmon,/ or roams by the grape-laden Moselle’s stream,/ where the gentle breeze tempers the blazing sun,/ where vine and river moderate the midday heat:/ shade under the knitted tendrils, water with fresh flowing waves./ Does the Meuse, sweetly sounding, haunt of crane, goose, gander, and swan,/ rich in its threefold wares, in fish, fowl, and shipping,/ hold him, or where the Aisne breaks on grassy banks/ and feeds pastures, meadows, and fields with its waters?/ or the Oise, Saar, Cheir, Escaut, Sambre, Somme, or Sauer,/ or the river by Metz, named after salt [the Seille]?/ Or else does he wander the sunny groves and glens/ and with his net snare wild animals, with his spear kill them?/ Does the forest crack and thunder in the Ardennes or Vosges/ with the death of stag, goat, elk, or aurochs, shot by his arrows?/ Does he strike between the horns the brow of the sturdy bison,/ can bear, wild ass, and boar no more delay their fate?/ Or does he cultivate his property, furrowing the dried-out tilth,/ as the bull groans at the plow’s weight on his untrained neck?/ Does he now sit joyfully in the palace hall/ with an attendant retinue that rejoices in their love for him?/ Or does he join with my dear Lupus to dispense merciful justice,/ to create by their common counsel a soothing honey,/ by which the poor are fed, widows gain comfort,/ the young receive a guardian, and the needy aid? | ||||||||||||
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| Publications: | Roberts 1994: 2 Roberts 2009: 257-260 Martindale 1992: 541-542, s.n. Gogo Pietri/Heijmans 2013: 899-901, s.n. Gogo Williard 2016: 258 |
Sources
| Name | Title | Reference | From | To |
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| Fortunatus, Opera Poetica | Venanti Honori Clementiani Fortunati presbyteri Italici Opera pedestria | 7.4.1-30 | 570 | 600 |