Catullus+68.25-40

with the death of which I have driven
 * (25)	Cuius ego interitu tota de mente fugavi**

**haec studia atque omnes delicias animi.** these zeals and the and all the delights of the soul from my whole mind.

For which reason, the fact that you write that to be at Verona is disgraceful for Catullus,
 * Quare, quod scribis Veronae turpe Catullo**

**esse, quod hic quisquis de meliore nota** because here whoever of a greater character should warm

the frigid limbs of the lonely bed,
 * frigida deserto tepefactet membra cubili,**

This, Manius, is not disgraceful, rather it is pitiful.
 * (30)	id, Mani, non est turpe, magis miserum est.**

Therefore, if you would forgive which things grief takes away from me,
 * Ignosces igitur si, quae mihi luctus ademit,**

**haec tibi non tribuo munera, cum nequeo.** I do not bestow these gifts to you, since I am unable.

For, the fact that there is not a an abundance of writings at my house,
 * Nam, quod scriptorum non magna est copia apud me,**

**hoc fit, quod Romae vivimus: illa domus,** This happens, because we live in Rome: that is my house

that is my home, there my life is spent;
 * (35)	illa mihi sedes, illic mea carpitur aetas;**

**huc una ex multis capsula me sequitur.** To here one capsule out of many follows me.

Since this is so, I would not want you to decide that I do this with a bad mind Idiomatic
 * Quod cum ita sit, nolim statuas nos mente maligna**

**id facere aut animo non satis ingenuo,** or with a not gentlemanly enough mind,

Because an abundance of both has not been provided to you seeking it:
 * quod tibi non utriusque petenti copia posta est:**

I would voluntarily offer it if there were any abundance.
 * (40)	ulto ego deferrem, copia siqua foret.**