The Poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus/56
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1 | O rem ridiculam, Cato, et iocosam | O what an absurd and funny thing, Cato, |
2 | Dignamque auribus et tuo cachinno. | worthy of your ears and laughs! |
3 | Ride, quidquid amas, Cato, Catullum: | Laugh as much as you love Catullus, Cato, |
4 | Res est ridicula et nimis iocosa. | this thing is just too funny and absurd. |
5 | Deprendi modo pupulum puellae | I just caught a little boy and a girl |
6 | Trusantem: hunc ego, si placet Dionae, | thrusting away: if it pleases Diona, |
7 | Pro telo rigida mea cecidi. | I attacked him, not with a spear, but with my hard-on. |