Catullus+3


 * Catullus 3

Lugete, o Veneres Cupidinesque** //Mourn, oh Venuses and Cupids//

//and whatever there is of rather charming men:// Quantum est -- elision
 * et quantum est hominum venustiorum:**

//The bird of my girlfriend is dead,//
 * passer mortuus est meae puellae,**

//the bird, the delight of my girlfriend,//
 * passer, deliciae meae puellae,**

//which she loved more than her own eyes.//
 * quem plus illa oculis suis amabat.**

//For it was as sweet as honey and it had known// Norat -- noverat
 * nam mellitus erat suamque norat**

//his mistress as well as a girl [knows] her mother,//
 * ipsam tam bene quam puella matrem,**

//neither did it used to move itself from her lap,//
 * nec sese a gremio illius movebat,**

//but jumping around -- now here now there --//
 * sed circumsiliens modo huc modo illuc**

//he was chirping to his mistress alone continuously;// Pipiabat -- onomatopoeia
 * ad solam dominam usque pipiabat;**

//who now goes along a dark journey//
 * qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum**
 * Reminiscent of epic poetry

illuc, unde negant redire quemquam.** //to that place, from where they say no one returns.//

//But may it be badly for you, evil shades// vobis- dat. of reference- pl.
 * at vobis male sit, malae tenebrae**

//Of Orcis, you who devour all charming things//
 * Orci, quae omnia bella devoratis:**

//You have taken away so beautiful a bird from me// mihi- dat. of seperation
 * tam bellum mihi passerem abstulistis**

//Oh evil deed! Oh miserable little bird!// o factum male- literally: Oh things having been done badly factum- PPP
 * (o factum male! o miselle passer!);**

//The puffed little eyes of my girlfriend//
 * vestra nunc opera meae puellae**

//are red from crying.// flendo- abl. of cause (gerund)
 * flendo turgiduli rubent ocelli.****

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