Catullus+31

choliambic
 * Catullus 31**

//O little eye of peninsulas and islands, Sirmio,// Tmesis: (paeneinsula), split into two parts
 * Paene insularum, Sirmio, insularumque**

//and whatever each Neptune bears//
 * ocelle, quascumque in liquentibus stagnis**

//in the clear lakes and the vast sea -// marique - third dec. abl. - ending "i" instead of "e"
 * marique vasto fert uterque Neptunus**,

//and how gladly and how, happy, I look upon you,// - libenter - adverb
 * quam te libenter quamque laetus inviso,**

//I myself scarcely believing myself that I left behind// - ipse - nom.
 * vix mi ipse credens Thyniam atque Bithynos**

//Thynia and Bithynian fields and that I see you safely. [in safe]//
 * liquisse campos et videre te in tuto.**

//O what is more blessed than relief of anxieties,// - ! We used O here for reality ! (omg)
 * o quid solutis est beatius in curis,**

//when one's mind puts aside its burden, and tired from foreign//
 * cum mens onus reponit, ac peregrino**

//labor we come to our home,// Larem: synecdoche for home
 * labore fessi venimus larem ad nostrum,**

//and we rest on the desired bed? [on the bed having been desired]// - desideratoque - perfect passive participle
 * desideratoque acquiescimus lecto?**

//This is what alone makes up [in return] for such great labors.//
 * hoc est quod unum est pro laboribus tantis.**

//Greetings, O charming Sermio, and rejoice in your rejoicing master,//
 * salve, o venusta Sirmio, atque ero gaude**

//and, you, o Lydian waves of the lake// - gaudente - present active participle - Lydiae and undae both f. - they go together
 * gaudente, vosque, o Lydiae lacus undae**

//and laugh whatever there is of laughter in your store.//
 * ridete quidquid est domi cachinnorum.**