qui / iam pro lacrimis sanguine / tinctus erit. 

quam bene conueniunt fato tua munera nostro! 

instruis / impensa nostra sepulcra breui. 

nec mea nunc primum / feriuntur pectora telo; 

ille locus saeui / uulnus Amoris habet. 

Anna soror, soror Anna, meae male / conscia culpae, 

iam dabis in cineres ultima dona meos. 

nec consumpta rogis / inscribar / Elissa / Sychaei. 

hoc tantum in tumuli / marmore carmen erit: 

praebuit aeneas et causam mortis et ensem 

ipsa / sua Dido concidit / usa / manu. 
 
 

If only you could see the my face which is of one writing! 

I am wrting, and the Trojan sword is present in my lap, 

And the tears slide over my cheeks onto the drawn sword, 

Which will very soon be covered with blood instead of tears. 

How well your gifts suit my fate! 

You prepare my grave with little expense. 

And now my breast is not struck by a weapon for the first time; 

That place holds the wound of raging Love. 

Anna, sister, sister Anna, unfortunately conscious of my fault, 

Soon you will give the last gifts to my ashes. 

And, consumed upon the funeral pyre, I will not be inscribed “Dido of Sycheaus.” 

This much a verse will be on the marble of the burial mound: 

“Aeneas gave both the cause of death and the sword 

Dido her very self fell by her own hand employed.” 
 
 

aspicias:2^nd person, singular, present, active, subjunctive; potential subjunctive 

quae:interrogative adjective describing imago

sit:3^rd person, singular, present, active, subjunctive; subjunctive in indirect question 

scribentis:present active participle; in genitive singular case with imago

Troicus:nominative, singular, masculine; Trojan, describing ensis

ensis:nominative, singular, masculine; the sword Dido is referring to is one given to her by Aeneas as a gift 

adest:, 3^rd person, singular, present, active, indicative; from adsum, adesse

strictum:perfect passive participle, accusative singular; modifying ensem

labuntur: 3^rd person, singular, present, passive, indicative; from labor, labi, lapsus

qui:personal pronoun, antecedent is ensem

sanguine:ablative of means 

tinctus:perfect passive participle; modifying the antecedent of qui

fato:ablative, singular, masculine; of respect 

instruis:2^nd person, singular, present, active, indicative

impensa:ablative, singular, feminine; of means 

brevi:ablative, singular, feminine; modifying impensa‘I’ stem adjective

primum:adverb 

Feriuntur:3^rd person, singular, present, passive, indicative

Telo:ablative, singular, masculine; of means/instrument

uulnus:accusative, singular, neuter; this wound is a recurring theme in the Aeneid signifying her love for Aeneas 

saeui:perfect passive participle; genitive, singular, modifying Amoris

Anna:Dido’s sister was her confederate throughout the whole ordeal with Aeneas 

Male:adverb

Conscia:nominative, singular, feminine; apposative with Anna

dabis: 2nd person, singular, future, active, indicative; from do, dare

ultima:accusative, plural, neuter; modifying dona;Ultimate as in ‘final’, ‘last’

rogis:ablative, plural, masculine; ablative of where 

inscribar:1^st person, singular, present, passive, indicative

Elissa:nominative, singular, feminine; apposative with implied subject of inscribar Dido 

Sychaei:Sychaeus, Dido’s former husband, killed by her brother 

Tumuli:genitive, singular, masculine

marmore:ablative with preposition in

et...et: ‘both…and’ 

ipsa:nominative, singular, feminine; modifying Dido

sua:ablative, singular, feminine; modifying manu

concidit:3^rd person, singular, perfect, active, indicative

usa:perfect passive participle; ablative singular; modifying manu

manu:ablative of means