Catullus 14, 30 Flashcards
Ni te plus oculis meis amarem,
If I did not love you more than my eyes,
iucundissime Calve, munere isto
odissem te odio Vatiniano:
most delightful Calvus, I would have hated you
because of that gift of yours with a hatred of Vatinius:
nam quid feci ego quidve sum locutus,
for what did I do or what did I say,
cur me tot male perderes poetis?
why would you ruin me so terribly with so many poets?
isti di mala multa dent clienti,
may the gods give many evils to that client of yours,
qui tantum tibi misit impiorum.
who sent you so much impious stuff.
quod si, ut suspicor, hoc novum ac repertum
But if, as I do suspect, this newly discovered
munus dat tibi Sulla litterator,
gift Sulla the schoolmaster gives to you,
non est mi male, sed bene ac beate,
it is not bad for me, but it is well and happy,
quod non dispereunt tui labores.
because your efforts/labors are not wasted.
di magni, horribilem et sacrum libellum!
Great gods, horribly detestable little book!
quem tu scilicet ad tuum Catullum
Which you certainly sent it to your Catullus
misti, continuo ut die periret,
so that he would die immediately
Saturnalibus, optimo dierum!
on the best day of days, the Saturnalia!
Alfene immemor atque unanimis false sodalibus,
Alfenus, forgetful and false to your like-minded comrades,
