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Catullus 43 - nose poem!
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English Translation
- Hello, girl not of a small nose
- nor a pretty foot nor of black eyes
- nor of long fingers nor a dry mouth
- nor truly very elegant speech,
- girlfriend of the bankrupt Formian.
- Does the province say that you are beautiful?
- Is my Lesbia compared to you?
- Oh foolish and boorish age!
Latin Text (www.latinlibrary.com)
- SALVE, nec minimo puella naso
- nec bello pede nec nigris ocellis
- nec longis digitis nec ore sicco
- nec sane nimis elegante lingua,
- decoctoris amica Formiani.
- Ten provincia narrat esse bellam?
- Tecum Lesbia nostra comparatur?
- O saeclum insapiens et infacetum!
Meter
Hendecasyllabic
Catullus 43 - nose poem!
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