Wednesday, April 13, 2016

It makes me think she has someone to hide

In tenebris luges amissum, Galla, maritum.
Iam plorare pudet te, puto, Galla, virum.

You mourn in darkness, Galla, for your lost husband.
I think, Galla, you are ashamed to weep for him openly.

Solo al buio tu piangi, o Galla, il marito perduto,
perché penso che a piangerlo senti vergogna, o Galla.

Martial, Epigrams, Book 4, LVIII
English translation by Holden Caulfield
Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini

Artwork © AVallois

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