Echo and Narcissus

The talkative nymph caught sight of him chasing frightened deer into nets

• aspicit hunc trepidos agitantem in retia cervosvocalis nymphe

• corpus adhuc Echo, non vox, erat;

• quae nec reticere loquentinec prius ipsa loqui didicit, resonabilis Echo.

• perstat et alternae deceptus imagine vocis

quae nec reticere loquentinec prius ipsa loqui didicit, resonabilis Echo.

• Echo was still a body, not yet a voice

• she followed his footsteps secretly,and the more she followed, the more she burned with a closer flame.

• she who has learned neither to keep quiet when someone is speaking,nor herself to speak first, ever-answering Echo.

• O how often she wanted to approach him with sweet words and to employ tender prayers.

corpus adhuc Echo, non vox, erat;

• and yet she used to have, though talkative,

• Echo was still a body, not a voice

• nor herself to speak first, ever-answering Echo.

• she followed his footsteps secretly,

et tamen usumgarrula non alium, quam nunc habet, oris habebat,

• and the more she followed, the more she burned with a closer flame.

• she who has learned neither to keep quiet when someone is speaking,

• The talkative nymph caught sight of him chasing frightened deer into nets,

• and yet she used to have, though talkative, no more use of her mouth than she has now,

reddere de multis ut verba novissima posset.

• namely that, she was able to give back/repeat from many [words], the last words [spoken].

• Therefore when she [Echo] saw Narcissus roaming through remote countryside and fell in love

• and yet she used to have, though talkative, no more use of her mouth than she has now,

• nor herself to speak first, ever-answering Echo.

ergo ubi Narcissum per devia rura vagantemvidit et incaluit

• and the more she followed, the more she burned with a closer flame.

• Therefore when she [Echo] saw Narcissus roaming through remote countryside and fell in love

• and yet she used to have, though talkative, no more use of her mouth than she has now,

• Just as when lively sulphur, [having been] smeared around the tops of torches,snatches at the flames [having been] brought near.

sequitur vestigia furtim,quoque magis sequitur, flamma propiore calescit,

• Just as when lively sulphur, [having been] smeared around the tops of torches,snatches at the flames [having been] brought near.

• Therefore when she [Echo] saw Narcissus roaming through remote countryside and fell in love

• she followed his footsteps secretly,and the more she followed, the more she burned with a closer flame.

• Her condition prevented her and did not allow her to begin,

non aliter quam cum summis circumlita taedis

• and the more she followed, the more she burned with a closer flame.

• But, that which her condition allowed - she was ready to wait for sounds, to which she could send back her words.

• O how often she wanted to approach him with sweet words and to employ tender prayers.

• Just as when lively sulphur, [having been] smeared around the tops of torches,

o quotiens voluit blandis accedere dictiset molles adhibere preces.

• But, that which her condition allowed - she was ready to wait for sounds, to which she could send back her words.

• Her condition prevented her and did not allow her to begin.

• O how often she wanted to approach him with sweet words and to employ tender prayers.

• Therefore when she [Echo] saw Narcissus roaming through remote countryside and fell in love

natura repugnatnec sinit incipiat;

• But, that which her condition allowed - she was ready to wait for sounds, to which she could send back her words.

• Her condition prevented her and did not allow her to begin.

• had said: 'is anyone here?' and '[is] here!' Echo had replied.

• He was astonished, and while he directed his gaze in all directions,