Sunday, April 21, 2013

Just One Thing

Non amo te, Sabidi, nec possum dicere quare:
hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te.

I do not love thee, Doctor Fell;
The reason why I cannot tell.
But this I’m sure I know full well,
I do not love thee, Doctor Fell.

No, io non t’amo, o Sabidio, ma non so dirti il perché;
questo sol posso dirti, che non ti amo, o Sabidio.

沙比迪, 我不爱你但我不知道为什么,
我只能对你说我不爱你。

Martial, Epigrams, Book 1, XXXII
English translation by Tom Brown
Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini
Chinese translation by 莫东科 (Mò Dōngkē)

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