CARMEN XXXVIII. SICK, Cornificius, is thy friend, Sick to the heart; and sees no end Of wretched thoughts, that gath❜ring fast And yet you never come and bring- You vex me:-this, to love like mine? MALE est, Cornifici, tuo Catullo, Male est, mehercule, et laboriose, Et magis magis in dies et horas: Quem tu-quod minimum facillimumque est Qua solatus es adlocutione? Irascor tibi:-sic meos amores? Paulum quid lubet adlocutionis, Mœstius lacrimis Simonideis. CATULLUS'S RETURN HOME TO THE PENINSULA OF SIRMIO. CARMEN XXXI. O BEST of all the scatter'd spots that lie PENINSULARUM, Sirmio, insularumque Scarce able to believe my journey o'er, And that these eyes behold thee safe once more! Joy, my bright waters, joy; your master's come! Vix mi ipse credens Thyniam atque Bithynos Cum mens onus reponit, ac peregrino Hoc est quod unum est pro laboribus tantis. Ridete, quidquid est domi cachinnorum! CARMEN XXXVIII. SICK, Cornificius, is thy friend, Sick to the heart; and sees no end Of wretched thoughts, that gath'ring fast And yet you never come and bring— You vex me:-this, to love like mine? MALE est, Cornifici, tuo Catullo, Male est, mehercule, et laboriose, Et magis magis in dies et horas: Quem tu-quod minimum facillimumque est Qua solatus es adlocutione? Irascor tibi:sic meos amores? Paulum quid lubet adlocutionis, Mæstius lacrimis Simonideis. |