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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