by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Sibylla Cumana
Language: Latin
Available translation(s): ENG FIN FRE
Iam mea certa manent et vera novissima verba.
Ultima venturi, quod erant oracula regis,
Qui toti veniens mundo cum pace placebit,
Ut voluit nostra vestitus carne decenter,
In cunctis humilis.
Castam pro matre puellam deliget.
Haec alias forma praecesserit omnes.
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , title unknown, copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Sibylle de Cumes", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "The Cumaean Oracle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 40
The Cumaean Oracle
Language: English  after the Latin
My most recent words will now remain certain and true,
Because they were the latest oracles of the king to come,
Who coming with peace for the whole world will be pleasing,
Rightly clothed with our flesh as he wanted,
Humble in all things.
He will choose a chaste girl for his mother.
She will surpass all others in beauty.
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-18
Line count: 7
Word count: 60