Friday, November 4, 2016

You Said What?

Nil mihi das vivus; dici post fata daturum.
Si non est stultus, scis, Maro, quid cupiam.

You nothing give me now: when you expire,
You promise all. –– You know what I desire.

Nulla mi dài da vivo; dopo morte, mi dici, darai.
Se non sei sciocco, o Marone, sai già quel ch’io desidero.

Martial, Epigrams, Book 11, LXVII
English translation by ‎William Hay and ‎Abraham Cowley
Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini

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