Estuans Interius

Burning Inside

Estuans Interius

Burning insideEstuans interius
with fierce angerira vehementi
in bitternessin amaritudine
I speak to my mind:loquor mee menti:
formed from matter,factus de materia,
ashes of elements,cinis elementi
I am like a leaf,similis sum folio,
played with by the winds.de quo ludunt venti.

For it is properCum sit enim proprium
for a wise manviro sapienti
to place his foundationsupra petram ponere
above the rock,sedem fundamenti,
foolish I compare myselfstultus ego comparor
to a flowing river,fluvio labenti,
under the same pathsub eodem tramite
never remaining.nunquam permanenti.

I am carried alongFeror ego veluti
like a ship without a sailor,sine nauta navis,
like a wandering birdut per vias aeris
carried through the paths of the air;vaga fertur avis;
no chains hold me,non me tenent vincula,
no key holds me,non me tenet clavis,
I seek those like mequero mihi similes
and join the wicked.et adiungor pravis.

The heaviness of my heartMihi cordis gravitas
seems a heavy thing to me;res videtur gravis;
pleasant in jestsiocis est amabilis
and sweeter than honeycombs;dulciorque favis;
whatever Venus commands,quicquid Venus imperat,
labor is sweet,labor est suavis,
which never dwellsque nunquam in cordibus
in cowardly hearts.habitat ignavis.

I walk the broad pathVia lata gradior
like in my youth,more iuventutis,
entangled in vicesinplicor et vitiis
forgetful of virtue,immemor virtutis,
eager for pleasurevoluptatis avidus
more than for health,magis quam salutis,
dead in soulmortuus in anima
I care for the skin.curam gero cutis.