Catullus: "How many kisses?" and "Conflicting emotions" - TRANSLATION Flashcards
quaeris, quot mihi basiationes
“How many kisses?” - Line 1
You ask, how many of your kisses are enough, Lesbia,
“How many kisses?” - Line 1
tuae, Lesbia, sint satis superque.
“How many kisses?” - Line 2
And more than enough for me.
“How many kisses?” - Line 2
quam magnus numerus Libyssae harenae
“How many kisses?” - Line 3
As great a number as the grains of Lybian sands
“How many kisses?” - Line 3
lasarpiciferis iacet Cyneris
“How many kisses?” - Line 4
Lying in silphium-producing Cyrene
“How many kisses?” - Line 4
oraclum Iovis inter aestuosi
“How many kisses?” - Line 5
Between the oracle of sultery Jupiter
“How many kisses?” - Line 5
et Batti veteris sacrum sepulcrum;
“How many kisses?” - Line 6
And the sacred tomb of Battus;
“How many kisses?” - Line 6
aut quam sidera multa, cum tacet nox,
“How many kisses?” - Line 7
Or as many as the stars, when the night is silent,
“How many kisses?” - Line 7
furtivos hominum vident amores:
“How many kisses?” - Line 8
Which see the secret love affairs of men:
“How many kisses?” - Line 8
tam te basia multa basiare
“How many kisses?” - Line 9
That many kisses is enough
“How many kisses?” - Line 9
vesano satis et super Catullo est,
“How many kisses?” - Line 10
And more than enough for your mad Catullus,
“How many kisses?” - Line 10
quae nec pernumerare curiosi
“How many kisses?” - Line 11
Which the nosy could neither count up
“How many kisses?” - Line 11
possint nec mala fascinare lingua.
“How many kisses?” - Line 12
Nor those with a wicked tongue could bewitch.
“How many kisses?” - Line 12
odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse requiris.
“Conflicting emotions” - Line 1
I hate and yet I love. Perhaps you want to know why I do that.
“Conflicting emotions” - Line 1
nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.
“Conflicting emotions” - Line 2
I don’t know, but I feel it happening and I am tortured.
“Conflicting emotions” - Line 2
