Aen. 5.1Intereā medium Aenēās iam classe tenēbat
certus iter, flūctūsque ātrōs Aquilōne secābat,
moenia respiciēns, quae iam īnfēlīcis Elissae
conlūcent flammīs.Meanwhile Aeneas, resolute, was already holding his fleet on its course in mid-sea, and was cutting through the dark waves before the North Wind, looking back at the walls which now glow with the flames of unhappy Elissa. Aen. 5.4Quae tantum accenderit ignem,
5causa latet;What cause kindled so great a fire lies hidden; Aen. 5.5dūrī magnō sed amōre dolōrēs
pollūtō, notumque, furēns quid fēmina possit,
trīste per augurium Teucrōrum pectora dūcunt.but the bitter pain when a great love is defiled, and the knowledge of what a woman in frenzy can do, lead the Trojans' hearts through grim foreboding. Aen. 5.8Ut pelagus tenuēre ratēs, nec iam amplius ūlla
occurrit tellūs, maria undique et undique caelum,
10ollī caeruleus suprā caput adstitit imber,
noctem hiememque ferēns, et inhorruit unda tenebrīs.When the ships held the open sea and no land any longer met the eye, sea on every side and on every side sky, then a dark-blue storm-cloud stood over his head, bringing night and tempest, and the wave bristled in the darkness.
Aen. 5.12Ipse gubernātor puppī Palinūrus ab altā:
Heu!The helmsman Palinurus himself, from the high stern: 'Alas! Aen. 5.13quianam tantī cinxērunt aethera nimbī?why have such great clouds encircled the sky? Aen. 5.14Quidve, pater Neptūne, parās?Or what are you preparing, father Neptune?' Aen. 5.14Sīc deinde locūtus
15colligere arma iubet validīsque incumbere remīs,
oblīquatque sinūs in ventum, ac tālia fātur:
Magnanime Aenēa, nōn, sī mihi Iuppiter auctor
spondeat, hōc spērem Ītaliam contingere caelō.Having spoken thus, he then orders them to gather in the tackle and bend to the sturdy oars, sets the sails slantwise to the wind, and speaks thus: 'Great-hearted Aeneas, not even if Jupiter himself pledged it as my guarantor would I hope to reach Italy under this sky. Aen. 5.19Mūtātī trānsversa fremunt et vespere ab ātrō
20cōnsurgunt ventī, atque in nūbem cōgitur āër.The winds have shifted and roar across our course, rising from the dark west, and the air is massed into cloud. Aen. 5.21Nec nōs obnītī contrā, nec tendere tantum
sufficimus.Nor have we the strength to struggle against it, or even to make headway. Aen. 5.22Superat quoniam Fortūna, sequāmur,
quoque vocat, vertāmus iter.Since Fortune is the stronger, let us follow, and turn our course where she calls.
Aen. 5.23Nec lītora longē
fīda reor frāterna Erycis portūsque Sicānōs,
25sī modo rīte memor servāta remētior astra.Nor, I think, are the faithful shores of your brother Eryx far off, and the Sicilian harbours, if only I remember rightly and retrace the stars I watched before.' Aen. 5.26Tum pius Aenēās: Equidem sīc poscere ventōs
iamdūdum et frūstrā cernō tē tendere contrā:
Flecte viam vēlīs.Then dutiful Aeneas: 'Indeed I have seen for some time that the winds demand this, and that you strain against them in vain: change course under sail. Aen. 5.28An sit mihi grātior ūlla,
quōvē magis fessās optem dēmittere nāvēs,
30quam quae Dardanium tellūs mihi servat Acestēn,
et patris Anchīsae gremiō complectitur ossa?Could any land be more welcome to me, or where would I rather bring my weary ships to rest, than the land that keeps Dardanian Acestes for me and holds in its bosom the bones of my father Anchises?' Aen. 5.32Haec ubi dicta, petunt portūs, et vēla secundī
intendunt Zephyrī;When this was said, they make for the harbour, and following Zephyrs fill their sails; Aen. 5.33fertur cita gurgite classis,
et tandem laetī notae advertuntur harēnae.the fleet is borne swiftly over the flood, and at last, glad, they turn towards the familiar sand.