C. Valerius Catullus, Carmen 66.15–28

The lock, still speaking, addresses Queen Berenice. The passage is about the tears of new brides and about the queen's grief when her husband left for war.

 

Tier 1

novae uxōrēs flent. estne Venus odiō eīs? nōn est. lacrimae eārum falsae sunt. eae lacrimae parentēs fallunt.

 

novae uxōrēs in domō multum flent. eae nōn vērē dolent. ita mē dīvī iuvent!

 

marītō novō ad proelia saeva eunte, domina mea multa questa est. sīc mē hoc docuit.

 

tū, uxor rēgis, sōla relicta es. tū nōn sōlum domum vacuam flēvistī. frātrem cārum discēdentem flēvistī.

 

cūra magna pectus tuum cōnsūmpsit. tum sēnsūs tuī abierant. mēns tua tē relīquit.

 

tum timēbās. at ego tē ā puellā parvā cognōveram. magnum animum semper habēbās. hoc certē scīvī.

 

meministī bonum facinus tuum? eō facinore uxor rēgis facta es. nēmō fortior id facere audet.

Original draft written by Robert Amstutz

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