Tatwine Riddle 35: De pruna

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Date: Wed 05 Jan 2022
Original text:

Rubricolor, flammor flagrat ceu spargine lumen,
Scintillans, flammae seu ridet gemma rubore.
Nominis intus apex medium si nonus haberet,
Gemma rubens iam non essem, sed grando nivalis.

Translation:

Red-coloured, I am lit as light blazes with a sprinkling, 
Glittering, or as a gem rejoices in the redness of fire.
If the ninth letter should receive the middle of my name,
I would then not be a red gem, but rather snowy hail.

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On the burning coal


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