love will not let the poet sleep

Question 1

lecto compositus vix prima silentia noctis

Accepted Answer

Having settled into bed, I was only just enjoying the first silence of the night

Question 2

carpebam et somno lumina victa dabam,

Accepted Answer

and my eyes were overcome with tiredness,

Question 3

cum me saevus Amor prensat sursumque capillis

Accepted Answer

when cruel Love grabs me and pulls me up by the hair

Question 4

excitat et lacerum pervigilare iubet.

Accepted Answer

and orders me in my shattered state to stay awake.

Question 5

'tu famulus meus' inquit 'ames cum mille puellas,

Accepted Answer

'You my slave' he said 'although you are the lover of a thousand girls,

Question 6

solus, io, solus dure, iacere potes?'

Accepted Answer

can you just lie there alone, hey, alone, obstinately?'

Question 7

exsilio et pedibus nudis tunicaque soluta

Accepted Answer

I jump out and with bare feet and loose tunic

Question 8

omne iter impedio, nullum iter expedio.

Accepted Answer

I block every road, but I free no route.

Question 9

nunc propero, nunc ire piget, rursumque redire

Accepted Answer

Now I am hurrying, now it disgusts me to go on, but I regret

Question 10

paenitet, et pudor est stare via media.

Accepted Answer

to turn back, and I am ashamed of standing in the middle of the street.

Question 11

ecce tacent voces hominum strepitusque viarum

Accepted Answer

Look, people's voices are silent, as is the noise of the streets

Question 12

et volucrum cantus turbaque fida canum:

Accepted Answer

and the songs of birds and the loyal mob of dogs:

Question 13

solus ego ex cunctis paveo somnumque torumque,

Accepted Answer

I, alone of all people, am afraid of both sleep and my bed

Question 14

et sequor imperium, magne Cupido, tuum.

Accepted Answer

and I follow your command, great Cupid.

Alle Karten