Latin - Cambridge School Classics Project

Miserable Catullus stop being foolishmiser Catulle, desinas ineptire,and what you see has perished lost consideret quod vides perisse perditum ducas.shone Once bright for you sunsfulsere quondam candidi tibi soles,you oftenwhen used to go where your girl ledcum ventitabas quo puella ducebatloved by us as much as will be loved no oneamata nobis quantum amabitur nulla. 5used toThen those many when fun things happenibi illa multa cum iocosa fiebant,and ... was ...which you wanted not the girl unwilling forquae tu volebas nec puella nolebat,shone indeed bright for you sunsfulsere vere candidi tibi soles.is ...Now already she not willing you too powerless unwillingnunc iam illa non vult: tu quoque impotens noli,the girlneither who flees follow nor miserable livenec quae fugit sectare, nec miser vive, 10but with a stubborn heart endure hold fastsed obstinata mente perfer, obdura.Goodbyegirl now Catullus is holding fastvale puella, iam Catullus obdurat,will heagainstneither you seek ... out nor ask for your willnec te requiret nec rogabit invitam.you will ... beBut you will suffer when asked after notat tu dolebis, cum rogaberis nulla.Wicked girl woe for you what for you remains lifescelesta, vae te, quae tibi manet vita? 15willWho now you come to whom will you seem beautifulquis nunc te adibit? cui videberis bella?willCatullus, Poem 8 (with translation)Towill youWhom now you love Whose to be be saidquem nunc amabis? cuius esse diceris?beWJEC Level 2 Latin Literature Unit 9541 Love and Marriage 25