Tatwine Riddle 11: De acu
ALEXANDRAREIDER
Date: Wed 05 Jan 2022Original text:
Torrens me genuit fornax de viscere flammae,
Conditor invalido et finxit me corpore, luscam,
Sed constat nullum iam me sine vivere posse.
Est mirum dictu cludam ni lumina vultus,
Condere non artis penitus molimina possum.
Translation:
A burning furnace engendered me from a flame’s viscera,
And my maker shaped me, one-eyed, with a weak body,
But it is certain that none can now live without me.
It is strange to say that if I do not shut my eyes, (1)
I am not at all able to create my art’s effort.
On the needle
Notes:
(1) The Latin phrase lumina vultus literally translates as "the lights of the face," which means "eyes."
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