sic ubi se magnis refluus suppressit in antris Nilus et Eoae liquentia pabula brumae ore premit, fumant desertae gurgite valles et patris undosi sonitus exspectat hiulca Aegyptos, donec Phariis alimenta rogatus donet agris magnumque inducat messibus annum.
So when ebbing Nile hides himself in his great caverns and holds in his mouth the liquid nurture of an eastern winter,  the valleys smoke forsaken by the flood and gaping Egypt awaits the sounds of her watery father,  until at their prayers he grants sustenance to the Pharian fields and brings on a great harvest year.
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