tum maximus heros maternas agnovit aves laetusque precatur: este duces o, si qua via est, cursumque per auras derigite in lucos, ubi pinguem dives opacat ramus humum.
Then the great hero knew them for his mothers birds, and prays with joy: Be my guides, if any way there be, and through the air steer a course into the grove, where the rich bough overshades the fruitful ground!