Tatwine Riddle 28: De incude
ALEXANDRAREIDER
Date: Wed 05 Jan 2022Original text:
Grande caput, collo consertum, sumere cernor,
Cui penitus nulli constant in vertice crines.
Heu, fato miser: inmobili qui sto pede fixus
Cedere tantundem siniturus verticis arcem,
Insons, vindictam sed nolo referre nocenti.
Translation:
I am seen to have a large head, connected to my neck,
On top of which there are absolutely no hairs.
Alas, unhappy fate: I who stand fixed on an immobile foot,
About to allow just so much of my head to yield,
Am innocent, but I do not wish to punish the one harming me.
On the anvil
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