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Saturday, August 6. 2005

Saturday Verse: Catullus

PAENE insularum, Sirmio, insularumque  1 Sirmio, bright eye of peninsulas and islands, 
ocelle, quascumque in liquentibus stagnis  2 whatever ones either Neptune bears 
marique uasto fert uterque Neptunus,  3 in liquid lakes or in the vast sea. 
quam te libenter quamque laetus inuiso,  4 how willingly and happily I visit you, 
uix mi ipse credens Thuniam atque Bithunos  5 scarcely trusting myself that I have left Thynia and the Bithynian
liquisse campos et uidere te in tuto.  6 plains, and that I see you in safety. 
o quid solutis est beatius curis,  7 Oh, what is more blessed than to put cares away, 
cum mens onus reponit, ac peregrino  8 when the mind lays down its burden, and tired 
labore fessi uenimus larem ad nostrum,  9 with the labor of travel, we come to our own home
desideratoque acquiescimus lecto?  10 and rest on the bed we longed for. 
hoc est quod unum est pro laboribus tantis.  11 This is the only thing that is worth such great toils. 
salue, o uenusta Sirmio, atque ero gaude  12 Hello, charming Sirmio, rejoice in your happy master, 
gaudente, uosque, o Lydiae lacus undae,  13 and you, Lydian waves of the lake,
ridete quidquid est domi cachinnorum.14laugh whatever laughter there is in your home.

Thanks to Catullus website. I like the metaphor of the watery island for a desired sexy girl. I won't vouch for the translation - will have Dylanologist translate the next Catullus - his choice. If you are deficient in knowledge about Catullus, the Roman aristocrat-soldier-poet-bohemian-skirtchaser who died about 50 years before Christ was born and was a family friend of Julius Caesar, check the website.

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