On Divination Passage 58

Quid hoc somnio dici potest divinius? Sed quid aut plura aut vetera quaerimus? Saepe tibi meum narravi, saepe ex te audivi tuum somnium: me, cum Asiae pro cos. praeessem, vidisse in quiete, cum tu equo advectus ad quandam magni fluminis ripam provectus subito atque delapsus in flumen nusquam apparuisses, me contremuisse timore perterritum; tum te repente laetum exstitisse eodemque equo adversam ascendisse ripam, nosque inter nos esse conplexos. Facilis coniectura huius somnii, mihique a peritis in Asia praedictum est fore eos eventus rerum, qui acciderunt. Venio nunc ad tuum.

What could be called more divine than this dream? But why seek more examples, or ancient ones? I have often told you my dream, and I have often heard yours from you. While I governed Asia as proconsul, I saw in my sleep that you rode on horseback to the bank of a great river, suddenly fell from your horse into the stream, and vanished. I trembled, terrified by fear. Then you suddenly emerged in high spirits, mounted the same horse, and climbed the opposite bank, where we embraced each other. The interpretation of this dream was easy, and experts in Asia foretold to me that the course of events would be what afterward occurred. I come now to your dream.

Que peut-on imaginer de plus divin que ce songe ? Mais pourquoi chercher davantage d’exemples ou remonter aux temps anciens ? Je t’ai souvent raconté mon songe, et j’ai souvent entendu le tien de ta bouche. Pendant mon proconsulat en Asie, je rêvai que tu arrivais à cheval sur la rive d’un grand fleuve, que tu t’élançais soudain et, tombé dans le courant, disparaissais entièrement. Tremblant, j’étais terrifié. Puis tu reparus soudain, joyeux, et, toujours sur le même cheval, tu remontas la rive opposée. Nous nous embrassâmes alors. L’interprétation de ce songe était facile, et des experts d’Asie me prédirent les événements qui se produisirent. J’en viens maintenant au tien.