Saturday, November 25, 2023

LOVE POEMS OF CATULLUS ~

 





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Always, getting on my nerves,

always, making me look like a fool.

For all that, all her stubborn chatter,

the woman loves me.

How do I know?  Well, I see

that I do

          exactly the same

                                 myself:

I damn her, with all my heart,

yet, for the life of me, I love her.


translated by Cid Corman

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Love Poems of Catullus

beautiful poems translated by many

edited by Tynan Kogane

New Directions, 2023


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