[Ora Maritima: Sonnenschein (1902)]
8. Ex hortō patruī meī scopulōs albōs ōrae maritimae spectāmus. Scopulī sunt altī. Et ōra Francogallica nōn procul abest. Noctū ex scopulīs pharōs ōrae Francogallicae spectāmus, velut stellās clārās in ōceanō. Quam bellus es, ōceane, cum lūna undās tuās illustrat! Quantopere mē dēlectat vōs, undae caeruleae, spectāre, cum tranquillae estis et arēnam ōrae maritimae lavātis! Quantopere me dēlectātis cum turbulentae estis et sub scopulīs spūmātis et murmurātis!
Vocabulary
scopulus: cliff
ab¦est: is distant; nōn procul abest: is not far away
noctū: by night, in the night time
pharus: light house
velut: as, even as
illustrāre: to light up
tranquillus, -a, -um: calm; tranquil
lavāre: to wash
turbulentus, -a, -um: rough, turbulent (e.g. of waves)
spūmāre: to foam
murmurāre: to murmur
pharus: from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros) which referred to the island of Pharos off the coast of Alexandria where the lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was located.
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