Sunday, October 26, 2008

Catullus 30

Alfenus, forgetful and false of my like-minded buddies, does nothing pain you about (lit. of) your sweet friend, unfeeling one? Now do you not hesitate to betray me, now (do you not hesitate) to fail me? Now impious deeds of deceitful men please the sky-dwellers which you neglect and abandon me, wretched in evils. Alas, what may men do, tell me, or in whom might they have faith? Certainly you used to order me to hand over my heart, unfair one, leading me into love, as if everything would be safe for me. Likewise now you draw yourself back and you allow the wind and airy clouds to carry all your words and deeds in vain. If you have forgotten, yet the gods remember, Faith remembers, who will make it so you regret your deed afterward.

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