Amores Flashcards
Militat omnis amans, et habet sua castra Cupido; Attice, crede mihi, militat omnis amans!
Every lover serves as a soldier, and Cupid has its own camp; Trust me, every lover serves as a soldier!
Quae bello est habilis, Veneri quoque convenit aetas: turpe senex miles, turpe senilis amor.
What age is suitable for war, is also suitable for Venus: an old man is an offensive soldier, an old mans love is offensive.
Quos petiere duces animos in milite forti, hos petit in socio bello puella viro.
Which spirits sought in a brave soldier, a beatific girl seeks these in an agreeable man.
Pervigilant ambo, terra requiescit uterque; ille fores dominae servat, at ille duces.
Both guards the doors of the mistress, but that one of a leader.
Militis officium longa est via: mitte puellam, strenuus exempto fine sequtur amans.
The duty of a soldier is a long road: the active lover will follow a boundary having been removed.
Ibit in adversos montes duplicatque nimbo flumina; congestas extertet ille nives;
He will go into hostile mountains, and rivers having been doubled by rainstorm, he will lead his way through piled up snow;
nec, freta pressurus tumidos causabitur euros apatque verrendis sidera quaret aquis.
About to press channels, he will not make an excuse for swollen east winds, and he will not search for stars suitable for swooping the waters.
