Virgil, Aeneid VI.540
Melphi speaks
Hic locus est, partes ubi se via findit in ambas:
The priest translates
«This is the place where the road splits into two directions:»
And interprets
You are at a crossroads, and this line confirms it without beating about the bush. It is no longer time to go on autopilot: two roads part before you, and taking one means leaving the other. It may be a work choice, a move, a relationship to make serious or to end. Do not fear the fork: it is a sign that the journey is becoming your own. Be careful, though, not to stand in the middle too long, because not choosing is also a choice. Look at where each road really leads, not where you wish it led. Then choose calmly, and walk with conviction.
The historical translations
Annibal Caro (1581)
Consumiam l’ore. Ecco siam giunti al loco
Dove la strada in due sentier si parte.
Consumiam l’ore. Ecco siam giunti al loco
Dove la strada in due sentier si parte.
Theodore C. Williams (1910)
Here comes the place where cleaves our way in twain.
Here comes the place where cleaves our way in twain.
Source
Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneis, ed. J. B. Greenough (1900)
Virgil, Aeneid VI.540