Poems Found In Translation: “Catullus: Poem 34 "Promises, Promises" (From Latin)” |  |
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Posted: 20 Jan 2015 09:27 PM PST
Poem 34: Promises, Promises
By Catullus Translated by A.Z. Foreman Click to hear me recite the original Latin My girl says there's no one she'd rather wed 　　　 Than me. "Not even Jupiter" Says she. The things a woman says in bed 　　　 To please her lover are secure As any contract scribbled out on air. 　 Or you could find a sea, and write it there. 　 The Original: NÅ«llÄ« sÄ“ dÄ«cit mulier mea nÅ«bere mÄlle　 　quam mihi, nÅn sÄ« sÄ“ Iuppiter ipse petat.　 DÄ«cit: sed mulier cupidÅ quod dÄ«cit amantÄ«,　 　in ventÅ et rapidÄ scrÄ«bere oportet aquÄ　   |
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