Georg. 1.424Sī vērō sōlem ad rapidum lūnāsque sequentīs
425ōrdine respiciēs, numquam tē crāstina fallet
hōra neque īnsidiīs noctis capiēre serēnae.But if you look to the swift sun and the moons that follow in order, never will tomorrow's hour deceive you, nor will you be caught by the snares of a cloudless night. Georg. 1.427Lūna, revertentīs cum prīmum colligit ignīs,
sī nigrum obscūrō conprenderit āera cornū,
maxumus agricolīs pelagōque parābitur imber;When the Moon first gathers her returning fires, if she encloses dark air within a dim horn, a mighty rain is being prepared for farmers and the sea; Georg. 1.430at sī virgineum suffūderit ōre rubōrem,
ventus erit;but if she spreads a maiden blush over her face, there will be wind; Georg. 1.431ventō semper rubet aurea Phoebē.golden Phoebe always reddens with wind. Georg. 1.432Sīn ortū quartō, namque is certissimus auctor,
pūra neque obtūnsīs per caelum cornibus ībit,
tōtus et ille diēs et quī nāscentur ab illō
435exāctum ad mēnsem pluviā ventīsque carēbunt,
vōtaque servātī solvent in lītore nautae
Glaucō et Panopēae et Īnōō Melicertae.But if at her fourth rising (for that is the surest guide) she goes clear through the sky with horns unblunted, that whole day and those that will be born from it, to the month's end, will be free of rain and winds, and sailors, saved, will pay their vows on the shore to Glaucus and Panopea and Melicertes, son of Ino.
Georg. 1.438Sōl quoque et exoriēns et cum sē condet in undās
signa dabit;The Sun too, both rising and when he hides himself in the waves, will give signs; Georg. 1.439sōlem certissima signa sequuntur,
440et quae māne refert et quae surgentibus astrīs.the surest signs attend the Sun, both those he brings back at morning and those at the rising of the stars. Georg. 1.441Ille ubi nāscentem maculīs variāverit ortum
conditus in nūbem mediōque refūgerit orbe,
suspectī tibi sint imbrēs;When he has dappled his early rising with spots, hidden in cloud, and shrunk back in the middle of his disc, beware of showers; Georg. 1.443namque urget ab altō
arboribusque satīsque Notus pecorīque sinister.for the South Wind presses from the deep, baleful to trees and crops and flock. Georg. 1.445Aut ubi sub lūcem dēnsa inter nūbila sēsē
dīversī rumpent radiī aut ubi pallida surget
Tīthōnī croceum linquēns Aurōra cubīle,
heu male tum mītīs dēfendet pampinus ūvās:
tam multa in tēctīs crepitāns salit horrida grandō.Or when towards dawn his rays break out scattered among thick clouds, or when Aurora rises pale, leaving the saffron bed of Tithonus, alas, poorly then will the vine-leaf protect the mellowing grapes: so thick the bristling hail leaps rattling on the roofs.
Georg. 1.450Hoc etiam, ēmēnsō cum iam dēcēdit Olympō,
prōfuerit meminisse magis;This also, when he is already departing, having traversed the sky, it will profit you still more to remember; Georg. 1.451nam saepe vidēmus
ipsīus in voltū variōs errāre colōrēs:
caeruleus pluviam dēnūntiat, igneus Eurōs;for often we see various colours wander over his face: dark blue foretells rain, fiery the East Winds; Georg. 1.454sīn maculae incipient rutilō inmiscērier ignī,
455omnia tum pariter ventō nimbīsque vidēbis
fervēre.but if spots begin to mingle with the ruddy fire, then you will see everything alike seething with wind and storm clouds. Georg. 1.456Nōn illā quisquam mē nocte per altum
īre, neque ā terrā moneat convellere fūnem.On such a night let no one urge me to go over the deep, or to tear my mooring-rope from the land. Georg. 1.458At sī, cum referetque diem condetque relātum,
lūcidus orbis erit, frūstrā terrēbere nimbīs
460et clārō silvās cernēs Aquilōne movērī.But if, both when he brings back the day and when he hides it once brought back, his disc is bright, you will be alarmed by storm clouds in vain, and will see the woods sway in a clear North Wind.
Georg. 1.461Dēnique quid vesper sērus vehat, unde serēnās
ventus agat nūbēs, quid cōgitet hūmidus Auster,
sōl tibi signa dabit.In short, what late evening brings, from where the wind drives clear clouds, what the moist South Wind is plotting, the sun will give you signs. Georg. 1.463Sōlem quis dīcere falsum
audeat.Who would dare to call the sun false? Georg. 1.464Ille etiam caecōs īnstāre tumultūs
465saepe monet fraudemque et operta tumēscere bella.He also often warns that hidden uprisings threaten, and that treachery and secret wars are swelling.