Catullus+51

Sapphic strophe
 * Catullus 51**

//That man seems to me to be equal to a god//
 * Ille me par esse deo videtur,**

//that guy, if it is proper, (seems) to be superior to the gods//
 * ille, si fas est, superare divos,**

//who sitting opposite repeatedly//
 * qui sedens adversus identidem te**

//sees and hears you//
 * spectat et audit**

//laughing sweetly, which snatches away// - quod - relative pronoun - delayed position - omn__i__s - poetic thingy
 * dulce ridentem, misero quod omnis**

//all the sensations from miserable me: for as soon as//
 * eripit sensus mihi: nam simul te,**

//I saw you, Lesbia, nothing is left to me//
 * Lesbia, aspexi, nihil est super mi**

//of a voice in my mouth//

//but my tongue is paralyzed, a thin flame//
 * lingua sed torpet, tenuis sub artus**

//flows down under my joints, my ears ring//
 * flamma demanat, sonitu suopte**

//with their own sound, my eyes are covered// - transfered epithet
 * tintinant aures, gemina teguntur**

//by the twin night.//
 * lumina nocte.**

//Leisure is troublesome to you, O Catullus;//
 * otium, Catulle, tibi molestum est;**

//you dance in leisure and you rejoice too much;//
 * otio exsultas nimiumque gestis;**

//Leisure has destroyed both kings//
 * otium et reges prius et beatas**

//and fortunate cities previously.//
 * perdidit urbes.**