Catullus 13 Translation

Question 1

1-2
Cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me
paucis, si tibi di favent, diebus,

Answer 1

You will dine well, Fabullus, at my house, in a few days, if the gods favor you,

Question 2

3-5
si tecum attuleris bonam atque magnam
cenam, non sine candida puella
et vino et sale et omnibus cachinnis.

Answer 2

if you bring with you a good and great dinner, not without a pretty girl and wine and with and all kinds of loud laughter.

Question 3

6-8
haec si, inquam, attuleris, venuste noster,
cenabis bene; nam tui Catulli
plenus sacculus est aranearum.

Answer 3

These things, I say, if you bring them, my charming friend, you will dine well for the small sac of your Catullus’ is full of cobwebs.

Question 4

9-10
sed contra accipies meros amores,
seu quid suavius elegantiusve est:

Answer 4

But in return you will receive pure love or if there is anything sweeter or more elegant:

Question 5

11-12
nam unguentum dabo, quod meae puellae
donarunt Veneres Cupidinesque;

Answer 5

for I will give you perfume which the Venuses and Cupids gave to my girl,

Question 6

13-14
quod tu cum olfacies, deos rogabis
totum ut te faciant, Fabulle, nasum.

Answer 6

which when you smell it, you will ask the gods to make you, Fabullus, one big nose.