Aldhelm Riddle 12: Bombix
ALEXANDRAREIDER
Date: Sat 12 Mar 2022Original text:
Annua dum redeunt texendi tempora telas,
Lurida setigeris redundant viscera filis,
Moxque genestarum frondosa cacumina scando,
Ut globulos fabricans tum fati sorte quiescam.
Translation:
Until the yearly time for weaving cloths returns,
My pale innards abound with silken threads,
And I soon climb up the leafy peaks of broom,
So that, after making the little balls, I may then rest in fate’s destiny.
Silkworm
Notes:
This edition is based on Rudolf Ehwald, ed. Aldhelmi Opera Omnia. Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Auctores Antiquissimi, 15. Berlin: Weidmann, 1919, pages 59-150. Available online here.
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