4th-5th c. AD
Trans RMBullard
Latin (Late Imperial/Christian Era)
CLAVDIANI PANEGYRICVS DICTVS OLYBRIO ET PROBINO CONSVLIBVS
[Claudian's Panegyric as recited to the Consuls Olybrius and Probinus]
Sol, qui flammigeris mundum conplexus habenis
volvis inexhausto redeuntia saecula motu,
[Hail Sun, who turn the revolving ages of time with an inexhaustible motion and embrace the world with your fiery rays of light,]
sparge diem meliore coma,
[scatter daylight with your superior head of hair,]
crinemque repexi
blandius elato surgant temone iugales
efflantes roseum frenis spumantibus ignis 5
[and when the starting gate is opened up, let your steeds, which breath out flames from their froathy reins, race up to comb back your hair all the more beautifully,]
iam nova germanis vestigia torqueat annus
consulibus, laetique petant exordia menses.
[since the ninth year already spins around upon the twins' consulships, and the happy months seek a new beginning.]
Scis genus Auchenium, nec te latuere potentes
Amniadae,
[So you belong to the lineage of the Aucenes, and the powerful Amniades were did not hide you away,]
nam saepe soles ductoribus illis
instaurare vias
[You see, so often are you accustomed to establish paths for famous leaders]
et cursibus addere nomen 10
his
[and to add your name to these kinds of courses]
neque per dubium pendet Fortuna favorem
[nor does Fortune hang its favor upon uncertainty]
nec novit mutare vices,
[nor does it know how to alter its own vicissitudes]
sed fixus in omnes
cognatos procedit honos.
[but once fixed, it proceeds forth to all known offices of honor.]
Quemcumque require
hac de stirpe virum:
[Once again seek from this stock here any man soever:]
certum est de consule nasci.
[certainly can you gain him from consular rank.]
nam saepe soles ductoribus illis
instaurare vias
[You see, so often are you accustomed to establish paths for famous leaders]
et cursibus addere nomen 10
his
[and to add your name to these kinds of courses]
neque per dubium pendet Fortuna favorem
[nor does Fortune hang its favor upon uncertainty]
nec novit mutare vices,
[nor does it know how to alter its own vicissitudes]
sed fixus in omnes
cognatos procedit honos.
[but once fixed, it proceeds forth to all known offices of honor.]
Quemcumque require
hac de stirpe virum:
[Once again seek from this stock here any man soever:]
certum est de consule nasci.
[certainly can you gain him from consular rank.]
