Sunday, July 9, 2017

The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

Quid mihi reddat ager quaeris, Line, Nomentanus?
Hoc mihi reddit ager: te, Line, non video.

You ask what my estate at Nomentum produces for me, Linus?
It produces this: that I don’t see you, Linus.

Vuoi tu sapere, o Lino, il frutto del mio poderetto?
Questo mi frutta, o Lino: che là stando, mai ti vedo.

Martial, Epigrams, Book 2, XXXVIII
English translation by Craig A. Williams
Italian translation by Holden Caulfield

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