L Passion Fades

Question 1

Lesbia, nec prae me velle tenere Iovem.

Answer 1

Lesbia, and do not want to hold Jupiter in front of me.

Question 2

Dilexi tum te non tantum ut vulgus amicam,

Answer 2

Then I loved you not only as ordinary people love a girlfriend,

Question 3

Sed pater ut gnatos diligit et generos.

Answer 3

But as a father loves his sons and sons in law.

Question 4

Nunc te cognovit: quare etsi impensius uror,

Answer 4

Now I have got to know you: for which reason even if I burn more excessively,

Question 5

Multo mi tamen es vilior et levior.

Answer 5

However you are much cheaper and unimportant to me.

Question 6

Qui potis est, inquis? Quod amantem iniuria talis cogit amare magis, sed bene velle minus.

Answer 6

How can this be, do you ask? Because such injustice forces a lover to love more, but to like less.

Question 7

Dicebas quondam solum te nosse Catullum,

Answer 7

Once you used to say that you knew only Catullus,