VERANI, OMNIBUS E MEIS AMICIS ... | VERANIUS, BEING SUPERIOR TO ALL ... |
Catullus (Gaius Valerius Catullus) | tr. Chal |
Verani, omnibus e meis amicis antistans mihi millibus trecentis, venistine domum ad tuos penates fratresque unanimos anumque matrem? Venisti. O mihi nuntii beati! Visam te incolumem audiamque Hiberum narrantem loca, facta, nationes, ut mos est tuus applicansque collum iucundum os oculosque suaviabor? O quantum est hominum beatiorum, quid me laetius est beatiusve? |
Veranius, being superior to all 300,000 of my friends in my eyes have you come home to your household gods and loving brothers and old mother? You've come back! o happy news for me! I will see you unharmed and I will hear you telling about places of the Spaniards, the deeds, the tribes as it is your custom, and drawing your neck close will I kiss the delightful eyes and lips? O how many happy men there are, who is happier and more blessed than I am? |
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