1hic puer, et studio venandi lassus et aestu,
Here the boy, weary from both his enthusiasm for the hunt and from the heat
2procubuit faciemque loci fontemque secutus;
lay down, attracted by both the appearance of the place and by the spring;
3dumque sitim sedare cupit, sitis altera crevit,
and while he longs to quench his thirst, another thirst grows,
4dumque bibit, visae correptus imagine formae,
and while he drinks, he is captivated by the beautiful reflection he saw;
5spem sine corpore amat, corpus putat esse, quod umbra est.
he is in love with a hope that is without form, and he thinks that because there is a reflection, there is a form.
6astupet ipse sibi vultuque immotus eodem
He is astonished at himself and stays still with the same expression,
7haeret, ut e Pario formatum marmore signum.
like a statue carved from marble from Paros.
8spectat humi positus geminum, sua lumina, sidus
Lying on the ground he gazes at his own eyes, twin stars
9et dignos Baccho, dignos et Apolline crines,
and worthy of Bacchus, and at his hair worthy of Apollo,
10impubesque genas et eburnea colla decusque
and at his youthful cheeks, his ivory-coloured neck,
11oris et in niveo mixtum candore ruborem,
the beauty of his face and its blush mixed with a snow-white radiance,
12cunctaque miratur, quibus est mirabilis ipse.
he admires every aspect for which he is himself admired.