Catullus+45

hendecasyllabic
 * Catullus 45**

//Septimius, holding his love Acme on his//
 * Acmen Septimius suos amores**

//lap, says "My Acme,//
 * tenens in gremio “mea” inquit “Acme,**

//if I do not love you madly and (if) I am not prepared//
 * ni te perdite amo atque amare porro**

//to love onward unceasingly for all the years//
 * omnes sum assidue paratus annos,**

//as much as anyone is able to be most madly in love// - qui - aliquid
 * quantum qui pote plurimum perire,**

//may I come face to face alone in Libya and sun-baked//
 * solus in Libya Indiaque tosta**

//India, with a great green-eyed lion."// - leoni - dative - obvius takes dative
 * caesio veniam obvius leoni.”**

//As he said this, Cupid sneezed approval on the left//
 * hoc ut dixit, Amor sinistra ut ante**

//as before on the right.//
 * dextra sternuit approbationem.**

//But Acme, bending back the head back lightly//
 * at Acme leviter caput reflectens**

//and having kissed the drunken eyes of the sweet boy//
 * et dulcis pueri ebrios ocellos**

//with that wine colored mouth,// - present active participle
 * illo purpureo ore suaviata,**

//said " Thus my life, little Septimius,//
 * “sic,” inquit “mea vita Septimille,**

//let us serve this one master,// - serviamus - hortatory subjunctive
 * huic uni domino usque serviamus,**

//as surely as the much bigger and sharper fire// - multo - ablative of degree of difference
 * ut multo mihi maior acriorque**

//burns in the soft hearts/marrows for me."//
 * ignis mollibus ardet in medullis.”**

//As she said this, Cupid sneezed approval on the left//
 * hoc ut dixit, Amor sinistra ut ante**

//as before on the right.//
 * dextra sternuit approbationem.**

//Now, having set out from a good omen// - profecti - perfect active participle
 * nunc ab auspicio bono profecti**

//they love and are loved with mutual souls.//
 * mutuis animis amant amantur.**

//Pitiable Septimius prefers Acme alone//
 * unam Septimius misellus Acmen**

//to Syria and Britain://
 * mavult quam Syrias Britanniasque:**

//With Septimio alone, faithful Acme//
 * uno in Septimio fidelis Acme**

//makes delightful lovemaking.// - Department of Redundancy Department - Hendiadys - Delicias libidinesque is literally "delight and lovemaking."
 * facit delicias libidinesque.**

//Who has seen any more blessed people?// - Poetic Plural? More blessed man, possibly.
 * quis ullos homines beatiores**

//Who has seen a more fortunate love? -// Venerem - Venus - love through metonymy (?)
 * vidit, quis Venerem auspicatiorem?**