Social Commentaries
Carmen XL (Cornish)
Translated by F. W. Cornish (Loeb, 1913) · From The Poems of Catullus (Loeb, 1913)
What infatuation, my poor Ravidus, drives you headlong in the way of my iambics? What god invoked hy you amiss is going to stir up a senseless quarrel? Is it that you wish to be talked about? What do you want? would you be known, no matter how? So you shall, since you have chosen to love my lady,—and long shall you rue it.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen XL (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/148/.
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen XL (Cornish).” Translated by F. W. Cornish. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/148/.
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