Italiae commune decus, Rubiconis amoeni

incola, Romani fama secunda fori,

Graiorum populis et nostro cognite Nilo

(utraque gens fasces horret amatque tuos),

carmina ieiunas poscis solantia fauces?

testor amicitiam nulla fuisse domi.

nam mihi mox nidum pinnis confisa relinquunt

et lare contempto non reditura uolant.

Quidquid Castalio de gurgite Phoebus anhelat,

quidquid fatidico mugit cortina recessu,

carmina sunt, et uerba negant communia Musae.

carmina sola loquor: sic me meus inplet Apollo.

Mallius indulget somno noctesque diesque;

insomnis Pharius sacra profana rapit.

omnibus hoc, Italae gentes, exposcite uotis,

Mallius ut uigilet, dormiat ut Pharius.

Vsque adeone tuae producitur impetus irae?

nullus erit finis lacrimis? subitisne fauorem

permutas odiis? quo mens ignara nocendi,

quo sensus abiere pii? tantumne licebit

inuidiae? tantum strepitus ualuere maligni?

me dolor incautus, me lubrica duxerit aetas,

me tumor inpulerit, me deuius egerit ardor:

te tamen haud decuit paribus concurrere telis.

humanae superos numquam tetigere querellae

nec uaga securum penetrant conuicia caelum.

excessit iam poena modum. concede iacenti.

en adsum; ueniam confessus crimina posco.

manibus Hectoreis atrox ignouit Achilles;

ultrices Furias matris placauit Orestes;

reddidit Alcides Priamo, quas ceperat, arces.

Pellaeum iuuenem regum flexere ruinae:

Dareum famuli manibus doluisse peremptum

fertur et ingenti solatus fata sepulchro;

tradita captiuo spatiosior India Poro.

conditor hic patriae; sic hostibus ille pepercit;

hunc uirtus tua digna sequi. quemcumque deorum

laesimus, insultet iugulo pascatque furorem.

gratia defluxit, sequitur feralis egestas;

desolata domus, caris spoliamur amicis:

hunc tormenta necant, hic undique truditur exul.

quid superest damnis quae saeua pericula restant?

emollit rabiem praedae mortisque facultas.

praetereunt subiecta ferae, toruique leones,

quae strauisse calent, eadem prostrate relinquunt

nec nisi bellantis gaudet ceruice iuuenci

nobiliore fames. secuit nascentia uota

liuor et ingesto turbauit gaudia luctu:

iamiam suppliciis fessos humilesque serenus

respice. quid tanta dignaris mole clientem?

in breuibus numquam sese probat Aeolus antris,

nec capit angustus Boreae certamina collis:

Alpes ille quatit, Rhodopeia culmina lassat.

incubuit numquam caelestis flamma salictis

nec parui frutices iram meruere Tonantis:

ingentes quercus, annosas fulminat ornos.

hoc pro supplicibus ramis, pro fronde Mineruae,

hoc carmen pro ture damus. miserere tuorum.

me, precor, heu, me redde mihi grauibusque medere

uulneribus uitamque iube famamque reuerti.

quae per te cecidit, per te fortuna resurgat.

sanus Achilleis remeauit Telephus herbis,

cuius pertulerat uires, et sensit in uno

letalem placidamque manum: medicina per hostem

contigit, et pepulit quos fecerat ipse dolores.

quod si nec precibus fletu nec frangeris ullo,

eripe calcatis non prospera cingula Musis,

eripe militiam, comitem me pelle sodali.

scilicet insignis de paupere uate triumphus!

scilicet egregiis ornabere uictor opimis!

inruat in miseros cognata potentia ciues;

audiat haec commune solum longeque carinis

nota Pharos, flentemque attollens gurgite uultum

nostra gemat Nilus numerosis funera ripis.

Sic non Aethiopum campos aestate pererrem

nec Scythico brumam sub Ioue nudus agam,

sic non imbriferam noctem ducentibus Haedis

Ionio credam turgida uela mari,

sic non Tartareo Furiarum uerbere pulsus

irati relegam carmina grammatici:

nulla meos traxit petulans audacia sensus,

liberior iusto nec mihi lingua fuit.

uersiculos, fateor, non cauta uoce notaui,

heu miser! ignorans quam graue crimen erat.

Orpheos alii libros inpune lacessunt

nec tua securum te, Maro, fama uehit;

ipse parens uatum, princeps Heliconis, Homerus

iudicis excepit tela seuera notae.

sed non Vergilius, non accusaret Homerus:

neuter enim quaestor, pauper uterque fuit.

en moueo plausus! en pallidus omnia laudo,

en clarum repeto terque quaterque 'sophos'!

ignoscat placidus tandem flatusque remittat

et tuto recitet quod libet ore: placet.

Per cineres Pauli, per cani limina Petri,

ne laceres uersus, dux Iacobe, meos.

sic tua pro clipeo sustentet pectora Thomas

et comes ad bellum Bartholomaeus eat;

sic ope sanctorum ne barbarus inruat Alpes,

sic tibi det uires sancta Susanna suas;

sic quicumque ferox gelidum tranauerit Histrum,

mergatur uolucres ut Pharaonis equi;

sic Geticas ultrix feriat rhomphaea cateruas

Romanasque regat prospera Thecla manus;

sic tibi det magnum moriens conuiua triumphum

atque tuam uincant dolia fusa sitim;

sic numquam hostili maculetur sanguine dextra:

ne laceres uersus, dux Iacobe, meos.

Ītălĭaē cōmmūnĕ dĕcūs, Rŭbĭcōnĭs ămoēnī

īncŏlă, Rōmānī ‖ fāmă sĕcūndă fŏrī,

Grāiōrūm pŏpŭlīs ēt nōstrō cōgnĭtĕ Nīlō

(ūtrăquĕ gēns fāscēs ‖ hōrrĕt ămātquĕ tŭōs),

cārmĭnă iēiūnās pōscīs sōlāntĭă faūcēs?

tēstŏr ămīcĭtĭām ‖ nūllă fŭīssĕ dŏmī.

nām mĭhĭ mōx nīdūm pīnnīs cōnfīsă rĕlīnquūnt

ēt lărĕ cōntēmptō ‖ nōn rĕdĭtūră vŏlānt.

Quīdquīd Cāstălĭō dē gūrgĭtĕ Phoēbŭs ănhēlāt,

quīdquīd fātĭdĭcō mūgīt cōrtīnă rĕcēssū,

cārmĭnă sūnt, ēt vērbă nĕgānt cōmmūnĭă Mūsaē.

cārmĭnă sōlă lŏquōr: sīc mē mĕŭs īnplĕt Ăpōllŏ.

Māllĭŭs īndūlgēt sōmnō nōctēsquĕ dĭēsquĕ;

īnsōmnīs Phărĭūs ‖ sācră prŏfānă răpīt.

ōmnĭbŭs hōc, Ĭtălaē gēntēs, ēxpōscĭtĕ vōtīs,

Māllĭŭs ūt vĭgĭlēt, ‖ dōrmĭăt ūt Phărĭūs.

Ūsque ădĕōnĕ tŭaē prōdūcĭtŭr īmpĕtŭs īraē?

nūllŭs ĕrīt fīnīs lăcrĭmīs? sŭbĭtīsnĕ făvōrēm

pērmūtās ŏdĭīs? quō mēns īgnāră nŏcēndī,

quō sēnsūs ăbĭērĕ pĭī? tāntūmnĕ lĭcēbīt

īnvĭdĭaē? tāntūm strĕpĭtūs vălŭērĕ mălīgnī?

mē dŏlŏr īncaūtūs, mē lūbrĭcă dūxĕrĭt aētās,

mē tŭmŏr īnpŭlĕrīt, mē dēvĭŭs ēgĕrĭt ārdōr:

tē tămĕn haūd dĕcŭīt părĭbūs cōncūrrĕrĕ tēlīs.

hūmānaē sŭpĕrōs nūmquām tĕtĭgērĕ quĕrēllaē

nēc văgă sēcūrūm pĕnĕtrānt cōnvīcĭă caēlūm.

ēxcēssīt iām poēnă mŏdūm. cōncēdĕ iăcēntī.

ēn ādsūm; vĕnĭām cōnfēssūs crīmĭnă pōscō.

mānĭbŭs Hēctŏrĕīs ātrōx īgnōvĭt Ăchīllēs;

ūltrīcēs Fŭrĭās mātrīs plācāvĭt Ŏrēstēs;

rēddĭdĭt Ālcīdēs Prĭămō, quās cēpĕrăt, ārcēs.

Pēllaēūm iŭvĕnēm rēgūm flēxērĕ rŭīnaē:

Dārēūm fămŭlī mănĭbūs dŏlŭīssĕ pĕrēmptūm

fērtŭr ĕt īngēntī sōlātūs fātă sĕpūlchrō;

trādĭtă cāptīvō spătĭōsĭŏr Īndĭă Pōrō.

cōndĭtŏr hīc pătrĭaē; sīc hōstĭbŭs īllĕ pĕpērcīt;

hūnc vīrtūs tŭă dīgnă sĕquī. quēmcūmquĕ dĕōrūm

laēsĭmŭs, īnsūltēt iŭgŭlō pāscātquĕ fŭrōrēm.

grātĭă dēflūxīt, sĕquĭtūr fērālĭs ĕgēstās;

dēsōlātă dŏmūs, cārīs spŏlĭāmŭr ămīcīs:

hūnc tōrmēntă nĕcānt, hīc ūndĭquĕ trūdĭtŭr ēxūl.

quīd sŭpĕrēst dāmnīs quaē saēvă pĕrīcŭlă rēstānt?

ēmōllīt răbĭēm praēdaē mōrtīsquĕ făcūltās.

praētĕrĕūnt sūbiēctă fĕraē, tōrvīquĕ lĕōnēs,

quaē strāvīssĕ călēnt, ĕădēm prōstrātĕ rĕlīnquūnt

nēc nĭsĭ bēllāntīs gaūdēt cērvīcĕ iŭvēncī

nōbĭlĭōrĕ fămēs. sĕcŭīt nāscēntĭă vōtă

līvŏr ĕt īngēstō tūrbāvīt gaūdĭă lūctū:

iāmiām sūpplĭcĭīs fēssōs hŭmĭlēsquĕ sĕrēnūs

rēspĭcĕ. quīd tāntā dīgnārīs mōlĕ clĭēntēm?

īn brĕvĭbūs nūmquām sēsē prŏbăt Aēŏlŭs āntrīs,

nēc căpĭt āngūstūs Bŏrĕaē cērtāmĭnă cōllīs:

Ālpēs īllĕ quătīt, Rhŏdŏpēĭă cūlmĭnă lāssāt.

īncŭbŭīt nūmquām caēlēstīs flāmmă sălīctīs

nēc pārvī frŭtĭcēs īrām mĕrŭērĕ Tŏnāntīs:

īngēntēs quērcūs, ānnōsās fūlmĭnăt ōrnōs.

hōc prō sūpplĭcĭbūs rāmīs, prō frōndĕ Mĭnērvaē,

hōc cārmēn prō tūrĕ dămūs. mĭsĕrērĕ tŭōrūm.

mē, prĕcŏr, heū, mē rēddĕ mĭhī grăvĭbūsquĕ mĕdērĕ

vūlnĕrĭbūs vītāmquĕ iŭbē fāmāmquĕ rĕvērtī.

quaē pēr tē cĕcĭdīt, pēr tē fōrtūnă rĕsūrgāt.

sānŭs Ăchīllēīs rĕmĕāvīt Tēlĕphŭs hērbīs,

cūiūs pērtŭlĕrāt vīrēs, ēt sēnsĭt ĭn ūnō

lētālēm plăcĭdāmquĕ mănūm: mĕdĭcīnă pĕr hōstēm

cōntĭgĭt, ēt pĕpŭlīt quōs fēcĕrăt īpsĕ dŏlōrēs.

quōd sī nēc prĕcĭbūs flētū nēc frāngĕrĭs ūllō,

ērĭpĕ cālcātīs nōn prōspĕră cīngŭlă Mūsīs,

ērĭpĕ mīlĭtĭām, cŏmĭtēm mē pēllĕ sŏdālī.

scīlĭcĕt īnsīgnīs dē paūpĕrĕ vātĕ trĭūmphūs!

scīlĭcĕt ēgrĕgĭīs ōrnābĕrĕ vīctŏr ŏpīmīs!

īnrŭăt īn mĭsĕrōs cōgnātă pŏtēntĭă cīvēs;

aūdĭăt haēc cōmmūnĕ sŏlūm lōngēquĕ cărīnīs

nōtă Phărōs, flēntēmque āttōllēns gūrgĭtĕ vūltūm

nōstră gĕmāt Nīlūs nŭmĕrōsīs fūnĕră rīpīs.

Sīc nōn Aēthĭŏpūm cāmpōs aēstātĕ pĕrērrēm

nēc Scўthĭcō brūmām ‖ sūb Iŏvĕ nūdŭs ăgām,

sīc nōn īmbrĭfĕrām nōctēm dūcēntĭbŭs Haēdīs

Īŏnĭō crēdām ‖ tūrgĭdă vēlă mărī,

sīc nōn Tārtărĕō Fŭrĭārūm vērbĕrĕ pūlsūs

īrātī rĕlĕgām ‖ cārmĭnă grāmmătĭcī:

nūllă mĕōs trāxīt pĕtŭlāns aūdācĭă sēnsūs,

lībĕrĭōr iūstō ‖ nēc mĭhĭ līnguă fŭīt.

vērsĭcŭlōs, fătĕōr, nōn caūtā vōcĕ nŏtāvī,

heū mĭsĕr! īgnōrāns ‖ quām grăvĕ crīmĕn ĕrāt.

Ōrphēōs ălĭī lībrōs īnpūnĕ lăcēssūnt

nēc tŭă sēcūrūm ‖ tē, Mărŏ, fāmă vĕhīt;

īpsĕ părēns vātūm, prīncēps Hĕlĭcōnĭs, Hŏmērūs

iūdĭcĭs ēxcēpīt ‖ tēlă sĕvēră nŏtaē.

sēd nōn Vērgĭlĭūs, nōn āccūsārĕt Hŏmērūs:

neūtĕr ĕnīm quaēstōr, ‖ paūpĕr ŭtērquĕ fŭīt.

ēn mŏvĕō plaūsūs! ēn pāllĭdŭs ōmnĭă laūdō,

ēn clārūm rĕpĕtō ‖ tērquĕ quătērquĕ 'sŏphōs'!

īgnōscāt plăcĭdūs tāndēm flātūsquĕ rĕmīttāt

ēt tūtō rĕcĭtēt ‖ quōd lĭbĕt ōrĕ: plăcēt.

Pēr cĭnĕrēs Paūlī, pēr cānī līmĭnă Pētrī,

nē lăcĕrēs vērsūs, ‖ dūx Ĭăcōbĕ, mĕōs.

sīc tŭă prō clĭpĕō sūstēntēt pēctŏră Thōmās

ēt cŏmĕs ād bēllūm ‖ Bārthŏlŏmaēŭs ĕāt;

sīc ŏpĕ sānctōrūm nē bārbărŭs īnrŭăt Ālpēs,

sīc tĭbĭ dēt vīrēs ‖ sānctă Sŭsānnă sŭās;

sīc quīcūmquĕ fĕrōx gĕlĭdūm trānāvĕrĭt Hīstrūm,

mērgātūr vŏlŭcrēs ‖ ūt Phărăōnĭs ĕquī;

sīc Gĕtĭcās ūltrīx fĕrĭāt rhōmphaēă cătērvās

Rōmānāsquĕ rĕgāt ‖ prōspĕră Thēclă mănūs;

sīc tĭbĭ dēt māgnūm mŏrĭēns cōnvīvă trĭūmphūm

ātquĕ tŭām vīncānt ‖ dōlĭă fūsă sĭtīm;

sīc nūmquam hōstīlī măcŭlētūr sānguĭnĕ dēxtră:

nē lăcĕrēs vērsūs, ‖ dūx Ĭăcōbĕ, mĕōs.