Catullus+69


 * Catullus 69**

//Do not wonder, why no woman, Rufus, is willing//
 * Noli admirari, quare tibi femina nulla,**

//to have placed her tender thigh next to you,//
 * Rufe, velit tenerum supposuisse femur,**

//not if you would seduce her with a gift of loosely woven garment//
 * non si illam rarae labefactes munere vestis**

//or the delights of a translucent stone.//
 * aut perluciduli deliciis lapidis.**

//A certain bad rumor harms you, in which a harsh goat//
 * 5 laedit te quaedam mala fabula, qua tibi fertur**

//is said to live under the valley of your armpits.//
 * valle sub alarum trux habitare caper.**

//Everyone fears this, and (it is) no wonder; for it is a very bad//
 * hunc metuunt omnes, neque mirum: nam mala valde est**

//beast, and not with whom a pretty girl would lie.//
 * bestia, nec quicum bella puella cubet.**

//Therefore either kill the cruel plague of noses,//
 * quare aut crudelem nasorum interfice pestem,**

//or stop wondering why they flee.//
 * 10 aut admirari desine cur fugiunt.**