Si quicquam mutis gratum acceptumque sepulcris

accidere a nostro, Calve, dolore potest,

quo desiderio veteres renovamus amores

atque olim missas flemus amicitias,

certe non tanto mors immatura dolori est

Quintiliae, quantum gaudet amore tuo.

If anything pleasing or welcome to the silent tombs, Calvus, is able

to arise from our grief,

by which suffering we renew old loves

and we lament friendships formerly sent away,

surely premature death is not so much grief

for Quintilia, as much as she delights in your love.

• Note the relationship of the dolors: the state of contrast between the grief of the living, and the state of the dead
• "renovamus amores" points to the "gaudet amore": the love you renewed will give joy to Quintilia, because she knows that you loved her.
• ending on the note of joy -- joy that comes as a result of tears shed (flemus)
• sepulcris -- the dead (Synecdoche)
• 1 sentence in 6 lines
• A simple conditional sentence -- line 1-2/5-6.
• Notice the Caesura in line 2 between "a nostro" and "Calve"; line 4 "missus" and "flemus", line 6 "quantum" and "gaudet" -- emphatic placement within the line
• The final pause in line 6 highlights the final theme of joy for Quintilia.