Sulpicia
Do you have a sweet thought, Cerinthus
Do you have a sweet thought, Cerinthus,
for your girl?
Fever shakes my thin body. Unless
I thought
it was your wish, I would not choose
to win
over my sad disease. Why should I
elude death
if when I am sick, your heart
is calm?
Latin; trans. Aliki Barnstone & Willis Barnstone
Sulpicia, Latin, trans. Aliki Barnstone & Willis Barnstone.