* DIANAE *

DIANAE SVMVS IN FIDE
We are in trust of Diana,

PVELLAE ET PVERI INTEGRI
Girls and boys blameless.

DIANAM PVERI INTEGRI
Of Diana, blameless boys

PVELLAEQVE CANAMVS.
and girls as well, let us sing!

O LATONIA MAXIMI:
O Great Leto's Daughter,

MAGNA PROGENIES IOVIS
Progeny of the Great Jove,

QVAM MATER PROPE DELIAM
Whose Mother, by the Delian

DEPOSIVIT OLIVAM.
Olive Tree gave birth...

MONTIVM DOMINA VT FORES
To become the Lady of Mountains

SILVARVMQVE VIRENTIVM
And of the verdant Forests

SALTVVMQVE RECONDITORVM
And of hidden Pathways

AMNIVMQVE SONANTVM.
And of babbling Brooks.

TV LVCINA DOLENTIBVS
Thou art Radiance to those suffering,

IVNO DICTA PVERPERIS
Hailed as the Juno of Childbirth.

TV POTENS TRIVIA ET NOTHO ES
Thou art Threefold Path Reflection,

DICTA LVMINE LVNA.
Called as Moonbeam.

TV CVRSV DEA MENSTRVO
Thou, Goddess, in monthly Course

METIENS ITER ANNVVM
Doth measure out the Yearly Way.

RVSTICA AGRICOLAE BONIS
To the simple farmer giving Bounty,

TECTA FRVGIBVS EXPLES.
Filling storehouses with fruit.

SIS QVOCVMQVE TIBI PLACET
Be Thou, however it may pleasest Thee,

SANCTA NOMINE ROMVLIQVE
Hallowed in Thy Name, and of us Romans,

ANTIQVE VT SOLITA ES BONA
As was Thy custom from days of old, remain Thou Good

SOSPITES OPE GENTEM
Protector and Helper to the People!

CARMEN XXXIV,
-- C VALERIVS CATVLLVS

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