Love Will Not Let The Poet Sleep Flashcards

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lecto compositus vix prima silentia noctis

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At rest in bed, I had scarcely begun to enjoy the first silence of night,

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carpebam et somno lumina victa dabam,

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and to give up my conquered eyes to sleep,

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cum me saevus Amor prensat sursumque capillis

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when savage Love grasps me and wakes me up by the hair

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excitat et lacerum pervigilare iubet.

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and orders me shattered to stay awake all night.

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‘tu famulus meus’ inquit ‘ames cum mille puellas,

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‘Since you my slave’ he said ‘love a thousand girls,

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solus, io, solus, dure, iacere potes?’

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can you, o harsh one, lie alone here, alone?’

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exsilio et pedibus nudis tunicaque soluta

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I jump up, and with bare feet and disordered tunic

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omne iter impedio, nullum iter expedio.

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I hinder every progress, I get ready for no journey.

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nunc propero, nunc ire piget, rursumque redire

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Now I hurry, now it is displeasing to go, I repent of going back,

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paenitet, et pudor est stare via media.

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and I am ashamed to stand by the middle of the road.

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ecce tacent voces hominum strepitusque viarum

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See the voices of men and the noise of the streets,

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et volucrum cantus turbaque fida canum:

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and the singing of birds and the faithful company of dogs are silent:

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solus ego ex cunctis paveo somnumque torumque,

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I alone of all dread both sleep and my bed,

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et sequor imperium, magne Cupido, tuum.

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and follow your command, great Cupid.

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