Met. 11.749Hōs aliquis senior iūnctim freta lāta volantēs
750spectat et ad fīnem servātōs laudat amōrēs;Some old man watches them as they fly together over the wide sea, and praises their love kept to the end; Met. 11.751proximus, aut īdem, sī fors tulit, "hic quoque," dīxit
"quem mare carpentem substrictaque crūra gerentem
adspicis" (ostendēns spatiōsum in guttura mergum),
"rēgia prōgeniēs: sunt sī dēscendere ad ipsum
755ōrdine perpetuō quaeris, sunt huius orīgō
Īlus et Assaracus raptusque Iovī Ganymēdēs
Lāomedōnque senex Priamusque novissima Troiae
tempora sortītus.his neighbour, or the same man, as chance would have it, said: 'This one too, whom you see skimming the sea and keeping his legs tucked up' (pointing to a diver with a long throat), 'is of royal blood: if you seek to come down to him in unbroken line, his ancestors are Ilus and Assaracus and Ganymede, carried off by Jupiter, and old Laomedon, and Priam, to whom fell the last days of Troy. Met. 11.758Frāter fuit Hectoris iste:
quī nisi sēnsisset prīmā nova fāta iuventā,
760forsitan īnferius nōn Hectore nōmen habēret,
quamvīs est illum prōlēs ēnīxa Dymantis,
Aesacon umbrōsā fūrtim peperisse sub Īdā
fertur Alexirhoē, Grānīcō nāta bicornī.That bird was Hector's brother: and had he not met a strange fate in early youth, perhaps he would have had a name no lower than Hector's, though the daughter of Dymas bore Hector, while Aesacus, it is said, was secretly borne beneath shady Ida by Alexirhoe, daughter of two-horned Granicus.
Met. 11.764Ōderat hic urbēs nitidāque remōtus ab aulā
765sēcrētōs montēs et inambitiōsa colēbat
rūra nec Īliacōs coetūs nisi rārus adībat.He hated cities and, far from the glittering palace, he haunted secluded mountains and the unambitious countryside, and only rarely went to Trojan gatherings. Met. 11.767Nōn agreste tamen nec inexpugnābile amōrī
pectus habēns silvās captātam saepe per omnēs
adspicit Hesperiēn patriā Cebrēnida rīpā
770iniectōs umerīs siccantem sōle capillōs.Yet having a heart not boorish nor proof against love, he catches sight of Hesperie, whom he had often pursued through all the woods, the daughter of Cebren, on her father's bank, drying in the sun the hair thrown over her shoulders. Met. 11.771Vīsa fūgit nymphē, velutī perterrita fulvum
cerva lupum longēque lacū dēprēnsa relictō
accipitrem fluviālis anās;Seen, the nymph flees, as a terrified hind flees the tawny wolf, and a river duck, caught far from the pool it has left, flees the hawk; Met. 11.773quam Trōius hērōs
īnsequitur celeremque metū celer urget amōre:
775ecce latēns herbā coluber fugientis aduncō
dente pedem strinxit vīrusque in corpore līquit;the Trojan hero pursues her and, swift with love, presses her who is swift with fear: see, a snake lurking in the grass grazed the foot of the fleeing girl with its hooked fang and left its poison in her body; Met. 11.777cum vītā suppressa fuga est: amplectitur āmēns
exanimem clāmatque "piget, piget esse secūtum!her life was cut short together with her flight: frantic, he embraces her lifeless body and cries: 'I am sorry, sorry that I chased you!
Met. 11.779Sed nōn hoc timuī, neque erat mihi vincere tantī.But I did not fear this, nor was winning worth so much to me. Met. 11.780Perdidimus miseram nōs tē duo: vulnus ab angue,
ā mē causa data est.We two have destroyed you, poor girl: the wound was given by the snake, the cause by me. Met. 11.781Ego sum scelerātior illō,
quī tibi morte meā mortis sōlācia mittam."I am guiltier than it, and I shall send you by my death the consolation of your death.' Met. 11.783Dīxit et ē scopulō, quem rauca subēderat unda,
dēcidit in pontum.He spoke, and from a cliff which the hoarse wave had undermined, he threw himself down into the sea. Met. 11.784Tēthys miserāta cadentem
785molliter excēpit nantemque per aequora pennīs
tēxit, et optātae nōn est data cōpia mortis.Tethys, pitying him as he fell, caught him gently and, as he swam through the waters, covered him with feathers, and the chance of the death he longed for was not given. Met. 11.787Indignātur amāns invītum vīvere cōgī
obstārīque animae miserā dē sēde volentī
exīre.The lover is indignant that he is forced to live against his will, and that his soul is hindered when it wishes to leave its wretched seat.
Met. 11.789Utque novās umerīs adsūmpserat alās,
790subvolat atque iterum corpus super aequora mittit.And as soon as he had taken new wings on his shoulders, he flies up and again hurls his body down on the sea. Met. 11.791Plūma levat cāsūs: furit Aesacos inque profundum
prōnus abit lētīque viam sine fīne retemptat.His feathers soften the fall: Aesacus rages and plunges headlong into the deep and endlessly tries again the way to death. Met. 11.793Fēcit amor maciem: longa internōdia crūrum,
longa manet cervīx, caput est ā corpore longē;Love made him lean: the joints of his legs are long, his neck stays long, his head is far from his body; Met. 11.795aequor amat nōmenque manet, quia mergitur, illī."he loves the sea, and the name of diver stays with him, because he dives beneath it.'