Monday, August 31, 2015

Ashamed

Artwork: becsketch

AD PAULAM

Moechus erat: poteras tamen hoc tu, Paula, negare.
     Ecce vir est: numquid, Paula, negare potes?


A PAOLA

Era il tuo drudo, ma allora potevi dir, Paola, che no.
     Ecco è il tuo sposo: Paola, dirai ancora che no?


TO PAULA

He was your lover; yet this, Paula, you once could deny.
     Behold, he is your husband; can you deny it now?


给保拉

以前他是你的情夫,但是保拉你可以说他不是。
     现在他是你的丈夫:保拉你能说他不是吗?


Martial, Epigrams, Book 1, LXXIV

Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini
English translation by Laura Van Abbema
Chinese translation by 孔子 (Confucius)

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