Met. 10.519Lābitur occultē fallitque volātilis aetās,
520et nihil est annīs vēlōcius.Winged time glides by unnoticed and deceives us, and nothing is swifter than the years. Met. 10.520Ille sorōre
nātus avōque suō, quī conditus arbore nūper,
nūper erat genitus, modo fōrmōsissimus īnfāns,
iam iuvenis, iam vir, iam sē fōrmōsior ipsō est:
iam placet et Venerī mātrisque ulcīscitur ignēs.He, born of his sister and his grandfather, who was lately hidden in a tree, lately born, just now a most beautiful infant, is now a youth, now a man, now more beautiful than himself: now he pleases even Venus and avenges his mother's passion. Met. 10.525Namque pharetrātus dum dat puer ōscula mātrī,
īnscius exstantī dēstrīnxit harundine pectus.For while the quivered boy was kissing his mother, he unknowingly grazed her breast with a projecting arrow. Met. 10.527Laesa manū nātum dea reppulit.The goddess, wounded, pushed her son away with her hand. Met. 10.527Altius āctum
vulnus erat speciē prīmōque fefellerat ipsam.The wound had gone deeper than it seemed, and at first had deceived even her. Met. 10.529Capta virī fōrmā nōn iam Cytherēia cūrat
530lītora, nōn altō repetit Paphon aequore cinctam
piscōsamque Gnidon gravidamve Amathūnta metallīs;Captivated by the man's beauty, she no longer cares for the shores of Cythera, nor revisits Paphos girt by the deep sea, nor Cnidos rich in fish, nor Amathus heavy with metals; Met. 10.532abstinet et caelō: caelō praefertur Adōnis.she keeps away even from heaven: Adonis is preferred to heaven.
Met. 10.533Hunc tenet, huic comes est;She holds to him, she is his companion; Met. 10.533adsuētaque semper in umbrā
indulgēre sibi fōrmamque augēre colendō
535per iuga, per silvās dūmōsaque saxa vagātur
fīne genū vestem rītū succīncta Diānae
hortāturque canēs;and she, who was always used to indulging herself in the shade and enhancing her beauty by tending it, roams over ridges, through woods and bushy rocks, her dress girt up to the knee in the manner of Diana, and urges on the hounds; Met. 10.537tūtaeque animālia praedae,
aut prōnōs leporēs aut celsum in cornua cervum,
aut agitat dammās: ā fortibus abstinet aprīs
540raptōrēsque lupōs armātōsque unguibus ursōs
vītat et armentī saturātōs caede leōnēs.and she hunts animals that are safe prey, either headlong hares or the stag lofty in its antlers, or does: she keeps away from strong boars, and avoids ravening wolves and bears armed with claws, and lions glutted with the slaughter of cattle. Met. 10.542Tē quoque, ut hōs timeās, sīquid prōdesse monendō
possit, Adōni, monet, "fortis" que "fugācibus estō"
inquit "in audācēs nōn est audācia tūta.You too, Adonis, she warns to fear them, if warning could do any good, and says, 'Be brave against those who flee; against the bold, boldness is not safe.
Met. 10.545Parce meō, iuvenis, temerārius esse perīclō,
nēve ferās, quibus arma dedit nātūra, lacesse,
stet mihi nē magnō tua glōria.Do not be rash, young man, at my risk, and do not provoke beasts to whom nature has given weapons, lest your glory cost me dear. Met. 10.547Nōn movet aetās
nec faciēs nec quae Venerem mōvēre, leōnēs
saetigerōsque suēs oculōsque animōsque ferārum.Youth and beauty and the things that moved Venus do not move lions and bristly boars, nor the eyes and hearts of wild beasts. Met. 10.550Fulmen habent ācrēs in aduncīs dentibus aprī,
impetus est fulvīs et vāsta leōnibus īra,
invīsumque mihi genus est."Fierce boars have lightning in their curved tusks, tawny lions have attack and vast rage, and their race is hateful to me.' Met. 10.552Quae causa, rogantī
"dīcam," ait "et veteris mōnstrum mīrābere culpae.When he asks what the cause is, she says, 'I will tell you, and you will marvel at the monstrous outcome of an ancient fault. Met. 10.554Sed labor īnsolitus iam mē lassāvit, et ecce
555opportūna suā blandītur pōpulus umbrā,
datque torum caespes;But unaccustomed toil has now tired me, and look, a poplar entices us with its timely shade, and the turf offers a couch; Met. 10.556libet hāc requiēscere tēcum"
(et requiēvit) "humō" pressitque et grāmen et ipsum,
inque sinū iuvenis positā cervīce reclīnis
sīc ait ac mediīs interserit ōscula verbīs:I should like to rest here with you' (and she rested) 'on the ground,' and she pressed both the grass and him, and lying back with her head in the young man's lap she spoke thus, and mixed kisses with her words: