Sunday, December 2, 2012

总之 (In short)

Et voltu poteram tuo carere
et collo manibusque cruribusque
et mammis natibusque clunibusque,
et, ne singula persequi laborem,
tota te poteram, Chloe, carere.

I could dispense with your face,
and neck, and hands, and legs,
and bosom, and back, and hips.
And — not to labour details —
I could dispense with the whole of you, Chloe.

我可以没有你的脸
你的脖子,你的手
你的腿,你的乳房
你的腹部,
你的屁股
总之,
我可以完全没有你,珂洛艾伊。

Martial, Epigrams, Book 3, LIII
English translation by Walter C. A. Ker
Chinese translation by 莫东科 (Mò Dōngkē)

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