Translation talk:Catullus 51

Free translation:


 * That man to me seems equal to a god
 * More than a god if that's proper to say
 * And then, across from you sitting, intense
 * He repeatedly watches and hears you
 * Sweetly laughing which destroys my senses.
 * In my wretched condition, at once now
 * I understand you, Lesbia, and there's
 * Nothing beyond me, and there's nothing I
 * Wouldn't do, but my tongue becomes useless,
 * Pain like flame travels down my weakened limbs,
 * Ears ring with a sound of their own making.
 * And I black out, my eyes covered in night.
 * Idleness, Catullus, is why you're troubled.
 * You have nothing to do, Catullus,
 * And that's your problem. Through easy living
 * You run around in excessive good cheer.
 * Easy living has destroyed kings of old
 * And their rich, prosperous cities as well.

Shouldn't there be some note that line 8 was lost and is not actually known (what is in the parenthesis is simply a guess)?