Catullus+40

hendecasyllabic
 * Catullus 40**

//Miserable Ravidus, what bad mind//
 * Quaenam te mala mens, miselle Raude,**

//drives you headlong into my iambs?//
 * agit praecipitem in meos iambos?**

//Which god, not well invoked by you,//
 * quis deus tibi non bene advocatus**

//prepares to arouse a frenzied quarrel?//
 * vecordem parat excitare rixam?**

//Or do you do this so that you should arrive at the face of the crowd?//
 * an ut pervenias in ora vulgi?**

//What do you want? Do you want to be known at any cost?//
 * quid vis? qualubet esse notus optas?**

//You will be (known), since you desire to love//
 * eris, quandoquidem meos amores**

//my beloved at the risk of a long punishment.//
 * cum longa voluisti amare poena.**