Hi -
I was looking at a little poem by the Renaissance poet Marcantonio Flaminio and I had trouble with this sentence:
Seu redibo seu negaverint Parcae,
dum meminero mei, tui memor vivam,
formosa silva, vosque lucidi fontes,
et candidarum templa sancta Nympharum.
The meaning is generally clear - whether I return or whether the Fates forbid it, while I remember of myself, I will live with you in mind (mindful of you), beautiful forest, and you clear springs, and the holy temples of the dazzling nymphs.
It's that dum meminero mei that I can't quite find the meaning of.
Can anyone help?
Ken
I was looking at a little poem by the Renaissance poet Marcantonio Flaminio and I had trouble with this sentence:
Seu redibo seu negaverint Parcae,
dum meminero mei, tui memor vivam,
formosa silva, vosque lucidi fontes,
et candidarum templa sancta Nympharum.
The meaning is generally clear - whether I return or whether the Fates forbid it, while I remember of myself, I will live with you in mind (mindful of you), beautiful forest, and you clear springs, and the holy temples of the dazzling nymphs.
It's that dum meminero mei that I can't quite find the meaning of.
Can anyone help?
Ken