Maecenas atavis edite regibus,	Maecenas, born of royal ancestors,
o et praesidium et dulce decus meum:	O both my protection and my sweet honor:
sunt quos curriculo pulverem Olympicum	There are those whom it pleases to have gathered the dust of the Olympic race
collegisse iuvat metaque fervidis	it helps to have gathered at the goal with fervour
evitata rotis palmaque nobilis.	avoided by the wheels and the noble palm.

terrarum dominos evehit ad deos	He raised the lords of the earth to gods
hunc, si mobilium turba Quiritium	this, if the crowd of the Quiritians
certat tergeminis tollere honoribus,	he struggles to raise with triple honours,
illum, si proprio condidit horreo	if he stored it in his own granary
quidquid de Libycis verritur areis.	whatever is swept from the lands of the Libyans.