Proverbs - John Cunyus

Proverbs, 36
from the bird-seller’s trap!
Look to the Ant
6:6 vade ad formicam o piger et considera vias eius et disce sapientiam
Look to the ant,
O lazy one,
and consider its ways,
and learn wisdom!
6:7 quae cum non habeat ducem nec praeceptorem nec principem
Because, having neither leader,
nor precept, nor prince,
6:8 parat aestate cibum sibi et congregat in messe quod comedat
in summer
it prepares food for itself,
and gathers in harvest time,
that it might eat.
6:9 usquequo piger dormis quando consurges ex somno tuo
How long, lazy one,
will you sleep?
When will you rouse yourself
from your dream?
6:10 paululum dormies paululum dormitabis paululum conseres manus ut dormias
You will be idle a little,
you will be drowsy a little,
you will fold your hands a little,
that you may sleep;
6:11 et veniet tibi quasi viator egestas et pauperies quasi vir armatus
and need will come to you
like a thief,
poverty like an armed man.