Catullus 5
Vivamus, me Lesbia, atque amemus
rumoresque senum severiorum
omnes unius aestimemus assis!
soles occidere et redire possunt:
nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux,
nox est perpetua una dormienda
da mi basia mille, deinde centum,
dein mille altera, dein secunda centum,
deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum.
dein, cum milia multa fecerimus,
contrubabimus illa, ne sciamus
aut ne quis malus invidere possit,
cum tantum sciat esse basiorum.
Lots going on here: Hortatory subjunctives vivamus, amemus, aestimemus. Dormienda; Future passive participle denoting neccessity. Da is an imperative. There are two negative pupose clauses; ne sciamus and ne possit. Complimentary infinitive invidere. And last but not least an indirect statement sciate+tantum+esse.
posted by AwesomeAndrade @ 5:55 AM
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Let us live, my Lesbia and let us love, and let us estimate all the rumors of the more severe old men to that of a penny!
The are able to set and return the sun: when short light for us finally sets, one perpetual night must be slept.
Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred,
then another thousand, then a second hundred,
then yet another thousand, then another hundred.
then when we will have made many thousands,
we shall confuse them so that we will not know,
or so that he who is evil will not be able to look inward
when he suspects how many kisses there are.
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