Is the message not clear to you Catullus, STAY AWAY FROM ME! How many times do I have to ask you to do this? You are creepy and eccentric! Why can't you act like a regular guy, is that too much to ask? "Dilexi tum te non tantum ut vulgus amicam, sed pater ut gnatos diligit et generos." I loved you not so much as the mob does a harlot, but as a father loves his children and sons-in-law. Do you remember reading this to me outside my cottage at three o'clock in the morning? Why would you love me in a familial manner? That is gross and ILLEGAL. These are the kinds of things that make you unattractive. Act normal for once!
Catullus:
ReplyDeleteOh Lesbia, you must realize that this battle is of use to no one. Come enjoy life with me by your side, we can see the world, seize all opportunities, and live life to the fullest. "Nulla potest mulier tantum se dicere amatam vere, quantum a me Lesbia amata mea es. Nulla fides ullo fuit umquam in foedere tanta, quanta in amore tuo ex parte reperta mea est." No woman is able to say that she is love truly to such an extent as my Lesbia has been loved by me. There was no treaty with as much trust
as was found in that of my love for you. You can be loved eternally by me. I beg of you Lesbia, fulfill your destiny and love me.
I am not battling with you, you are simply just vexing me. I say that I am not interested, yet you still try to swoop me off my feet. What is it going to take in order for you to leave me alone? "Lesbia mi dicit semper male nec tacet umquam de me: Lesbia me dispeream nisi amat." Lesbia always speaks badly of me, and she is not silent at any time about me: let me perish if Lesbia does not love me. You could not have said it better Catullus, PERISH! I do not love you, not even in the slightest bit, so in order to fulfill YOUR destiny, you must perish.
ReplyDeleteCatullus:
ReplyDeleteIf I were to perish, there would be no one worthy to love you. At least, that is what I thought until I realized I have absolutely no shot to be with you. My constant love toward you and your constant ill will towards me has driven me crazy and away from you. "Huc est mens deducta tua, mea Lesbia, culpa atque ita se officio perdidit ipsa suo, ut iam nec bene velle queat tibi, si optima fias, nec desistere amare, omnia si facias." At this point my mind is broken down by your doing, Lesbia,and so it destroys its own self by its own devotion, and so it does not want to wish you well, if you become the greatest, nor does it want to cease loving, if you inflict everything.