L Jealousy Takes Over Flashcards
Ille mi par esse deo videtur
He seems to me to be equal to a god
Ille, si fas est, superare divos,
He (seems), if it is right to surpass the gods
Qui sedens adversus identitem te
Spectat et audit
Who sitting opposite repeatedly looks at you and listens to you
Dulce ridentem, misero quod omnis
Eripit sensus mihi: nam simul te,
Lesbia, aspexi, nihil est super mi
Voces in ore
Laughing sweetly. This has taken all my senses from poor me: For the moment I looked at you Lesbia, nothing remains of (my) voice in my mouth
Lingua sed torpet, tenuis sub artus
Flamma demanat, sonitu suopte
Tintinant aures, gemina teguntur
Lumina nocte.
But my tongue is paralysed, a slender flame spreads down through my limbs, my ears ring with their own sound, my eyes are covered with double night.
Otium, Catulle, tibi molestum est:
Your inactivity is annoying Catullus
Otio exsultas nimiumque gestis:
You rejoice in inactivity and too much in your achievements
Otium et reges prius et beatas
Perdidit urbes.
Inactivity has ruined both kings and wealthy cities before.
