Virgil, Aeneid VI.743
Melphi speaks
quisque suos patimur Manes;
The priest translates
«Each of us suffers his own Manes;»
And interprets
This line speaks to you frankly, but without harshness: each person carries their own load, and no one can carry it for you. If lately you notice you are paying for past choices, in love, at work or with money, it is not a sentence: it is a season of cleansing. What you are going through is yours, it has your measure, and for that very reason you can get through it. Watch out for two opposite temptations: blaming everything on others, or taking on burdens that do not belong to you. Take your share, only yours, and work on it patiently: that is how you become light again.
The historical translations
Annibal Caro (1581)
Chè quale è di ciascuna il genio e ’l fallo,
Tale è ’l castigo. Indi a venir n’è dato
Chè quale è di ciascuna il genio e ’l fallo,
Tale è ’l castigo. Indi a venir n’è dato
Theodore C. Williams (1910)
Or burned away in fire. Each man receives
His ghostly portion in the world of dark;
Or burned away in fire. Each man receives
His ghostly portion in the world of dark;
Source
Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneis, ed. J. B. Greenough (1900)
Virgil, Aeneid VI.743