Latin - Cambridge School Classics Project

Catullus, Poem 8 (with numbered translation)1 2 3 4Miserable Catullus stop being foolishmiser Catulle, desinas ineptire,5 6 7 8 10 9 |and what you see has perished lost consideret quod vides perisse perditum ducas.3 1 4 5 2shone Once bright for you sunsfulsere quondam candidi tibi soles,6 7 8 9 10you oftenwhen used to go where your girl ledcum ventitabas quo puella ducebat11 12 13 15 14 |loved by us as much as will be loved no oneamata nobis quantum amabitur nulla. 51 3 4 2 5 6used toThen those many when fun things happenibi illa multa cum iocosa fiebant,7 8 9 10 11 12and ... was ...which you wanted not the girl unwilling forquae tu volebas nec puella nolebat,15 16 13 17 14 |shone indeed bright for you sunsfulsere vere candidi tibi soles.1 2 3 5 4 | 1 2 3 4is ...beNow already she not willing you too powerless unwillingnunc iam illa non vult: tu quoque impotens noli,5 7 8 6 9 11 10the girlneither who flees follow nor miserable livenec quae fugit sectare, nec miser vive, 1012 14 15 13 16 |but with a stubborn heart endure hold fastsed obstinata mente perfer, obdura.1 2 3 4 5Goodbye girl now Catullus is holding fastvale puella, iam Catullus obdurat,7 8 6 9 10 11 |will heagainstneither you seek ... out nor ask for your willnec te requiret nec rogabit invitam.1 2 3 4 5 6 |you will ... beBut you will suffer when asked after notat tu dolebis, cum rogaberis nulla.WJEC Level 2 Latin Literature Unit 9541 Love and Marriage 27