Venit iam magna aetas nova
A great new age comes now
De caelo mittitur puer, qui vitam deorum habebit deosque videbit et ipse videbitur ab illis
A boy is sent from the heavens, who will have the life of gods and will see the gods and he himself will be seen by them
Hic puer reget mundum cui virtutes patris pacem dederunt
This boy will rule the world to which the virtues of the father gave peace
Pauca mala, autem, remanebunt, quae homines iubebunt laborare atque bellum asperum gerere
A few evils, however, will remain, which will command men to work and, in fact, to wage harsh war
Erunt etiam altera bella atque iterum ad Troiam magnus mittetur Achilles
There will be, moreover, other wars, and also the great Achilles will be sent again to Troy
Tum, puer, ubi iam longa aetas te virum fecerit, erunt nulli labores, nulla bella;
Then, boy, when a long time will have made you a man, there will be no labors, no wars;
nautae ex navibus discedent, agricolae quoque iam agros relinquent, terra ipsa omnibus hominibus omnia parabit.
sailors will leave behind their ships, farmers will also no relinquish their fields, the earth itself will provide all things for all men.
Currite, aetates; incipe, parve puer, scire matrem, et erit satis spiritus mihi tua dicere facta
Hurry, years; begin, small boy, to know your mother, and there will be enough breath to tell me of your deeds.