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19 Cards in this Set
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Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire, et quod vides perisse perditum ducas. |
Poor Catullus, you must (or should) stop being silly |
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et quod vides perisse perditum ducas. |
and count as lost what you see is lost. |
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Fulsere quondam candidi tibi soles, |
Once the sun shone bright for you, |
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cum ventitbas quo puella ducebat |
when you were going whither your sweetheart was leading |
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nobis quantum amabitur nulla |
having been loved by us as no other girl will be loved. |
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Ibi illa multa cum iocosa fiebant, |
Then there were taking place those many jolly scenes |
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quae tu volebas nec puella nolebat, |
which you were wanting nor did your sweetheart were not wanting/desire. |
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fulsere vere candidi tibi soles |
truly the sun shone bright for you. |
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Nunc iam illa non vult: tu quoque impotens noli, |
Now she want no anymore: do you too, weakling, not do not desire |
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nec quae fugit sectare, nec miser vive, |
and do not chase her (she) who flees, nor live in unhappiness, |
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sed obstinata mente perfer, obdura |
but harden your heart, endure and stand fast. |
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Vale puella, iam Catullus obdurat, |
Goodbye, sweetheart Catullus now stands fast, |
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nec te requiret nec rogebit invitam. |
he will not look for you nor will he ask an unwilling person against your will. |
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At tu dolebis, cum rogaberis nulla. |
But you will suffer, when you are not asked at all. |
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Scelesta, vae te, quea tibi manet vita? |
Wretched one pity on you! What life lies in store for you! |
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Quis nunc te adibit? cui videberis bella? |
Who will come to you now? Who will think you pretty? |
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Quem nunc amabis? Cuius esse diceris? |
Whom will you love you now? Whose (girl) will you be said to be? |
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Quem basiabis? Cui labella mordebis? |
Whom will you kiss? Whose lips will you bite? |
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At tu Catulle, destinatus obdura. |
But you, Catullus, having been determined and stand fast. |
