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| Carmen 44 (in English by Dmitry Meyersson) |
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O my country estate, whether Sabine or Tiburtine
(for they say that you are Tiburtine, those to whom it is not
pleasing to offend Catullus: yet those who like to offend him,
wager anything that you are Sabine),
but whether Sabine or more truly Tiburtine,
I was gladly in your country house close to the city
I drove out a bad cough from my chest
which my belly had given me not undeservingly
while I was seeking a sumptuous feast.
For while I wanted to be Sestius's dinner companion
I read a speech full of poison and plague
against the candidate Antius,
At this point a chilling cold and frequent cough shook me
continually until I fled into your lap
and I restored myself by rest and Nettle.
Wherefore, having been restored, I give you the greatest thanks
because my sin, you did not punish.
And I no longer pray, if I shall receive the horrible works
of Sestius, but that the cold bring a head cold and cough
not to me but to Sestius himself,
which then calls me, when I have read a bad book.
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| © copyright 13-4-1998 by Dmitry Meyersson |
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