Catullus+2

hendecasyllabic
 * Catullus 2**

//Little bird, delight of my girlfriend// - deliciae - nom. pl, refers back to passer
 * Passer, deliciae meae puellae,**

//with who she is accustomed to play, whom she is accustomed to hold in her lap// - quicum really quocum
 * quicum ludere, quem in sinu tenere,**

//to whom attacking, she is accustomed to give her fingertip// - appetenti - pres. act. participle - dative, refers back to cui
 * cui primum digitum dare appetenti**

//and she is accustomed to incite the keen bite of the bird// - acris really acres - weird 3rd declension thingy in poetry - all previous infinitives refer back to solet - morsus - acc. pl.
 * et acris solet incitare morsus,**

//when it is pleasing to the radiating object of my desire// - nitenti - pres. act. participle - refers back to desiderio
 * cum desiderio meo nitenti**

//to make I don't know what kind of dear little joke// - lubet - impersonal
 * carum nescioquid lubet iocari,**

//and to play at some little consolation for her pain// - sui doloris - objective genitive - solaciolum - diminuitive
 * et solaciolum sui doloris,**

//I believe so that the serious fire will die down// - gravis refers to ardor
 * credo, ut tum gravis acquiescat ardor;**

//if only I were able to play with you just as your mistress does// - possem - imperfect active sub. - a wish
 * tecum ludere sicut ipsa possem**

//and to alleviate the sad cares of my heart!// - tristis really tristes - adj. describing curas
 * et tristis animi levare curas!**