Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Catullo Adflatum

Manga anas, Cleopatrae meae, plastica delecta
balneō te illa amat, sed Fors miseram me odit. 
Scribens poemates solus sine tē ebibet.
Dixi, "te amo," nonne te futuam nunc?
 
Cum Hymenaeum conubio alius invoco Hymen              V
Venus straminem scindet sexualis.
Familia maxima mihi dictō illō cura erit
Coitus gratior una mēcum ludentē est. 

Ave Diana! Tu dea lunaris noctis, dea tu 
quae puerperis vocata, ave dea tu                     X
castitate, Cleopatram adiuves maneat casta
dum eam mihi relinquas, O Magna! 

ecce Catulle, poematem adflatum. Turbidum not est, 
certe non cupientē scriptum puerō,
non sine propositō sed metrō fortasse magnō,          XV
illa te amaret si roborem habueris. 

Notes: 
1. Anas, anatis, f. Duck.   Plasticus,a,um. adj. Plastic/rubber.      2. Balneus, i, n, bath    
 3 Ebibere, to drink in, suck   4 Futuere, To have sex  (rude) 
5. Hymenaeus, i, god of marriage/weddings. Hymen (Chant for Hymenaeus) conubius, i, wedding 
6. straminis, is, straw used for bedding. Scindere, to tear  7. Ludere +Ablative, to play with (sexually) 
10. Puerpera, ae, woman in childbirth   13. adflo, adflare, adflavi, adflatus, to inspire 
15. Propositum, i, n.  Purpose, design, plan. Metrum, i, n.  Meter 
16.  Robus, Roboris, m.  Oak, purpose, hard core, wood. 

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