ausonius

Up to the highest heights of the steep slopes

the banks are planted with the worry-relieving wines.

Froh ist das Volk bei der Arbeit, es mühen sich fleisig die Winzer

now in the highest elevations, now on the steep slope below.

Cheerfully they quarrel with friendly jokes,

the echo comes back,

Rocks and rustling forest, the depth of the river echoes.

. . .

Here on the bank is the stage for cheerful games, where Saryrn,

wild fellows, and nymphs of the river, blue-eyed, frolic.

The Pane are happy and cheeky, with their feet of goats,

springen ins flache Wasser, erschrecken die ängstlichen Schwestern

down in the river when they romp clumsily in the waves.

Often a nymph comes to the water and nibbles from the vineyard.

Then I have to flee to her playmates in the mountains

wenn sie die lüsternen Faune verfolgen, die Hüter der Fluren.

It is also said: If the fiery sun is at noon,

Satyrs and nymphs gather at the river that belongs to both of them.

Dance festive rounds together.

The scorching heat offers secret hours with no people around.

The Roman official and poet Dezimus Magnus Ausonius lived in Trier from 367 to 388 as the tutor of Emperor Gratian. The "Mosella" was made around 371 AD