Enya - Afer Ventus (English translation)

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Enya – Afer Ventus

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Translation

African Wind

Sea of the Clouds. Umbriel.¹

(Each to their own. Each to its own.)

Sea of the Rain. Ariel.²

(Me, myself. Each to their own is dear.)

And we go to the stars.

(Remember. Earthborn.)

And we go to the stars.

(Remember. Life is short.)

Sea of the Tides. Io. Vela.³

(Me, myself. Each to their own is dear.)

Wonderful to be told. Marvelous things.

(Each to their own. Each to its own.)

Wonderful to see. Marvelous things.

(Me, myself. Each to their own is dear.)

And we go to the stars.

(Remember. Earthborn.)

And we go to the stars.

(Remember. Life is short.)

Refreshing. A rose garden.

(Me, myself. Each to their own is dear.)

African Wind. Zephyrus.⁴

(Each to their own. Each to its own.)

Volturnus. Africus.⁵

(Me, myself. Each to their own is dear.)

And we go to the stars.

(Remember. Earthborn.)

And we go to the stars.

(Remember. Life is short.)

Etesiarum. Eurus.⁶

(Me, myself. Each to their own is dear.)

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Author's comments:

¹,² Umbriel and Ariel are moons of Uranus
³ Io is a moon of Jupiter; Vela is the name of a constellation. It also means "sails (of a ship)" in Latin.
⁴ Zephyrus is the Greek deity of the west wind.
⁵ Volturnus (Vulturnus) is the Greek deity of the southeast wind; Africus (Lips) is the Greek deity of the southwest wind.
⁶ Etesiarum (etesiae) is a term describing the north winds of the Aegean Sea; Eurus is the Greek deity of the east wind.

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Afer Ventus

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Comments

ivank23

Sat, 04/08/2012 - 18:32

ivank23

Sat, 04/08/2012 - 18:38

Ignoranti quem portum petat, mullus suus ventus est. Gratias tibi! :D

SilentRebel83

Sat, 04/08/2012 - 19:31

Lol, tibi gratus adventus et gratias maximas tibi ago.

rafaelktakahashi0000

Wed, 22/12/2021 - 22:23

Hi, just a few observations!

"Meus mihi, suus cuique (est) cārus" is a line from a play by Plautus. I believe a better translation would be "Mine is dear to me, each one's is dear to him".

Suum cuique is more often translated as "to each their own". Like in "Iūstitia suum cuique distribuit" (= justice distributes to each his own), from De Nātūra Deōrum by Cicero.

Sempervirent in English is evergreen.