Virgil, Aeneid III.395
Melphi speaks
fata viam invenient, aderitque vocatus Apollo.
The priest translates
«the fates will find the way, and Apollo, when called upon, will be at your side.»
And interprets
This line brings you a concrete reassurance. Perhaps there is a problem that torments you and you cannot see a solution: an exam, a debt, a diagnosis to wait for, a decision that seems impossible. Melphi tells you not to wear yourself out solving today what will untangle itself in due time: the way will be found. But notice the second half: help comes when it is called. This is not a promise for those who sit still and wait, it is an invitation to trust and also to ask. It is the right time to let go of the anxiety about how, and to give yourself to what you can do now, asking for help simply.
The historical translations
Annibal Caro (1581)
Comunque avvenga, i fati a ciò daranno
Oportuno compenso; e questo Apollo
Invocato da voi presto saravvi.
Comunque avvenga, i fati a ciò daranno
Oportuno compenso; e questo Apollo
Invocato da voi presto saravvi.
Theodore C. Williams (1910)
about those ‘tables bitten’, for kind fate
thy path will show, and Phoebus bless thy prayer.
about those ‘tables bitten’, for kind fate
thy path will show, and Phoebus bless thy prayer.
Source
Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneis, ed. J. B. Greenough (1900)
Virgil, Aeneid III.395