Tatwine Riddle 35: De pruna
ALEXANDRAREIDER
Date: Wed 05 Jan 2022Original 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.
On the burning coal
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